We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.

If the Bible is a creation myth, it is an amorphous confusing one

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

Who of us does not recognize that the life we live, however larded with brave talk about values and thought and ideals, is not actually a life dedicated to immersion in the endless torrent of images, songs, sounds and stories?

Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent.

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.