U.S. has no feudal background, so institutions that remained in place in Europe did not remain in place here.

A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S.

The main selling appeal of NAFTA to US corporations is that it gives them an advantage in the North American market over their European and Japanese competitors.

Take a look at the current debates in Washington, and of course, everything in the media. Only one issue is discussed: the deficit - the least significant issue, but the most significant issue for the banks. The big problem, joblessness, is barely discussed, even though that's what the public wants, as polls clearly show. That's even what the business press supports, but the financial institutions are so powerful that the only issue is the deficit, and this runs right through the intellectual culture.

You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you know what you are looking for.

There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism.

There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people could be an electoral base to keep them in power.