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

The rich nations of the world are acting like ancient usurers, lending money to the desperate poor on terms that cannot possibly be met and, thus, steadily acquiring more and more control over the lives and assets of the poor.

When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.

Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.

The quest for homeland security is heading ... toward the quasi-militarization of everyday life ... If danger might lurk anywhere, maybe everything must be protected and policed.

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

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.