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 burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.

The problem of modern democracy is rooted in its neglect of unorganized people.

If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.

The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

Creating a positive future begins in human conversation. The simplest and most powerful investment any member of a community or an organisation can make is to begin with other people as though the answers mattered.

If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human existence confined to the civilized societies that are wealthy enough to afford them? Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others.