The revival of the Right is as extraordinary as it would be if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear plants in the days after the Three Mile Island disaster; if we had reacted to Watergate by making Richard Nixon a national hero.
Thomas FrankThere is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.
Thomas FrankVibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that even though we aren't sure what the word means, we know the quality it designates must be cultivated. The vibrant, we believe, is what makes certain cities flourish.
Thomas FrankRepublicans run the machine when it's their turn, and then hand the wheel over to Democrats when the public has had enough.
Thomas Frank