In the Tea Party narrative, victory at the polls means a new American revolution, one that will "take our country back" from everyone they disapprove of. But what they dont realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit.

Why is JP Morgan getting so much heat? Maybe because it is a massive international crime syndicate.

Within the cult of Wall Street that forged Mitt Romney, making money justifies any behavior, no matter how venal.

Unquestionably, however, something else is at work, something that cuts deeper into the American psyche. We have a profound hatred of the weak and the poor, and a corresponding groveling terror before the rich and successful, and we're building a bureaucracy to match those feelings.

Obsessed with success and wealth and despising failure and poverty, our society is systematically dividing the population into winners and losers, using institutions like the courts to speed the process.