When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind. And there is the danger: voters and politicians alike, oblivious to the facts.
BILL MOYERSScientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been. Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.
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People who don’t believe in government are likely to defy our government.
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The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it’s changing the conversation.
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Capitalism is out of control, thanks in no small part to Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision which said that a corporation is a person, even though it doesn’t eat, drink, make love, sing, raise children or take care of aging parents.
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Television can stir emotions, but it doesn’t invite reflection as much as the printed page.
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Plutocracy too long tolerated leaves democracy on the auction block, subject to the highest bidder.
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In tracking down and eliminating terrorists, we need to change our metaphor from a “war on terror” – exactly what, pray tell, is that?
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Our great progressive struggles have been waged to make sure ordinary citizens, and not just the rich and privileged, share in the benefits of a free society.
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America is the longest argument in the world.
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There is a historic strain of dominion theology which says, taking its references from the Psalms, that man is made just a little lower than God, and that we are the crown of creation.
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Television is a medium. It is neither rare nor well done.
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I was not a public – I was not a thinker. I was a doer.
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The most encouraging sign is that 71 percent of the public believe the system is profoundly corrupted by the power of money. Ninety-six percent of the people believe it’s “important” that we reduce the influence of money.
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Journalism’s been a continuing course in adult education for me.
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Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it’s time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.
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How can those of us who are parents help our children recognize their bliss?
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