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Pulitzer viewed American democracy not merely as another form of government: “It was something unique and precious, a huge stride in civilization, a hope

It is the highest impertinence and presumption … in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to

The intellectual spoilsport among the founding fathers, Hamilton never believed in the perfectibility of human nature and regularly violated what became the first commandment

Lately, economists and politicians alike have been making noises about the rise of the “gig economy,” in which freelance workers earn a living by

“Bowing at the altar of free markets is out,” the person said. “It’s not a traditional Republican government. We have a lot of people

The parties are the gamesters, but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.

politics requires the same sort of suspension of belief – acceptance of unreality – as fictional dramas, with the difference that in politics the

1966 – President Johnson declares war on poverty; % of US population that is officially poor – 14.7% 2013 – 14.5% amount spent in

British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher. As late as the 1970s she said “There will not be a woman prime minister

Yet the WASP elite had dignity and an impressive sense of social responsibility. In a 1990 book called “The Way of the Wasp,” Richard