Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing powers of private capital the idea of privatizing highways and airports and other bits of our transportation infrastructure made a certain kind of sense.
As you may recall Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left...
Most of Roosevelt's innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years...
One of the things I keep coming back to in my writing is that society doesn't...
It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some...
There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial...
This aesthetic quality then is what politics is all about. It's...
Money has transformed every watchdog every independent authority. Medical...
There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National...
Mr. Obama still has time to reverse course. A great deal depends on it. To...
What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere...
It's amazing that something only an atom thick can be an impenetrable...
I just feel energized when I am around young talented people. There is...
The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is to me still amazing but then...
Obviously there's the seedy side of the strip club world and pole dancing....
What do I think of L.A.? It's boring with some amazing nuggets. Like there...
Janet Jackson is an icon I've been honored to meet her a few times working...
Maggie Smith is an amazing woman and not as serious in real life.