Everybody I knew, practically, was a journalist when I was a kid - my father, all of his friends. I never wanted to be like those people.
Matt TaibbiSince the end of the Cold War, America has been grasping left and right for an identity.
Matt TaibbiThis is America: Corporate stealing is practically the national pastime, and Goldman Sachs is far from the only company to get away with doing it.
Matt TaibbiIn a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.
Matt TaibbiThere are times when American politics seems like little more than two groups in a fever to prevent each other from trespassing upon their respective soothing versions of unreality
Matt TaibbiCritics say the OWS protesters hate the rich. Come on! Success is the national religion, and almost everyone is a believer. Americans love winners. But that's just the problem. These guys on Wall Street are not winning - they're cheating. And as much as we love the self-made success story, we hate the cheater that much more.
Matt Taibbi