If everyone has to be a watchdog in order to make government work, then the foxes will also volunteer to serve.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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