Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.
William GreiderWhen self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.
William GreiderThe ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.
William GreiderA 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?
William GreiderThe trauma of 9/11 stimulated infinite possibilities for worry - some quite plausible, but most inspired by remote what-if fantasies. A society bingeing on fear makes itself vulnerable to far more profound forms of destruction than terror attacks. The "terrorism war", like a nostalgic echo of the cold war, is using these popular fears to advance a different agenda - the re-engineering of American life through permanent mobilization.
William Greider