Can we break the machine that is imposing right-wing radicalism on the United States? The scariest part is that the media is part of that machine.

Middle-class societies don't emerge automatically as an economy matures, they have to be CREATED through political action.

I predict that in the years ahead Enron, not Sept. 11, will come to be seen as the greater turning point in U.S. society.

It’s not about the budget; it’s about the power...So will the attack on unions succeed? I don’t know. But anyone who cares about retaining government of the people by the people should hope that it doesn’t.

Outrageous fiscal mendacity is neither historically normal nor bipartisan. It’s a modern Republican thing.

The important thing to understand is that the case for pollution control isn't based on some kind of aesthetic distaste for industrial society. Pollution does real, measurable damage, especially to human health.

I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction.