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

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

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.

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

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