The Economy Is Not Governed With The

If One Benefits Tangibly From The Exploitation Of Others Who Are Weak, Is One Morally Implicated In Their Predicament? Or Are Basic Rights Of Human Existence Confined To The Civilized Societies That Are Wealthy Enough To Afford Them? Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others.

The Trauma Of 9/11 Stimulated Infinite Possibilities For Worry - Some Quite Plausible, But Most Inspired By Remote What-if Fantasies. A Society Bingeing On Fear Makes Itself Vulnerable To Far More Profound Forms Of Destruction Than Terror Attacks. The "terrorism War", Like A Nostalgic Echo Of The Cold War, Is Using These Popular Fears To Advance A Different Agenda - The Re-engineering Of American Life Through Permanent Mobilization.

The Rich Nations Of The World Are Acting Like Ancient Usurers, Lending Money To The Desperate Poor On Terms That Cannot Possibly Be Met And, Thus, Steadily Acquiring More And More Control Over The Lives And Assets Of The Poor.

The Burnt Odor In Washington Is From The Disintegrating Authority Of The Governing Classes.

The Do-it-yourself Version Of Pensions Is A Flop, As Many Americans Have Painfully Learned.