Many people who have an interest in politics feel they should proclaim—loudly, and at any given time—what their views are and why the “other side” is wrong. These proclamations appear in many forms, from scathing letters to the editor to frot...
If nonsatiety were the natural state of human nature then aggressive want-stimulating advertising would not be necessary, nor would the barrage of novelty aimed at promoting dissatisfaction with last year's model. The system attempts to remake people...
Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form that includes all the local things that are connected by the larger, ultimately mysterious form of the Creation. In s...
Entrepreneurship rests on a theory of economy and society. The theory sees change as normal and indeed as healthy. And it sees the major task in society - and especially in the economy - as doing something different rather than doing better what is a...
Mom & pop stores are not about something small; they are about something big. Ninety percent of all U.S. businesses are family owned or controlled. They are important not only for the food, drink, clothing, and tools they sell us, but also for provid...
It is eminently possible to have a market-based economy that requires no such brutality and demands no such ideological purity. A free market in consumer products can coexist with free public health care, with public schools, with a large segment of ...
A three inch tongue -- the iron bulwark of politics.
Too much politeness is impertinent.
Is it possible that we ‘hate’ politics because we have forgotten its specific and limited nature, its overwhelming value, and also its innate fragility? Could it be that our expectations are so high that politics appears almost destined to disapp...
In the days when money was backed by its face value in silver or gold, there were limits to how much wealth could flow around the world. Today, it's virtual money that the bank lends into existence on a computer screen. "And unless the economy contin...
It's not politically incorrect to say you're Republican or conservative.
Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
Political leaders are reflection of our society.
College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.
Actors with political views are a dime a dozen.
My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.
I'd rather be biblically correct than politically correct.
You can't create a political movement out of pabulum.
Hyperbole is the common currency of political debate.
Republicans prefer straight talk to politically correct talk!
I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.
