In its present terms, the global system values property over human life.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.

Maybe the reason some folks lag behind in our free enterprise system is because they depend too much on the free part and not enough on their own enterprise.