I Have Seen Hate Born

War, Except In Self-defense, Is A Failure Of Moral Imagination.

Presidents Are Afraid To Lose Wars. They're Afraid To Be Outflanked On The Right By The Militarists. They Don't Want To Be Seen As Soft On Either Communism Or Soft On Terrorism Or Whatever. So Presidents Are Constantly Tugged Away From Their Domestic Commitments To Foreign Policy.

The Corporate Right And The Political Right Declared Class Warfare On Working People A Quarter Of A Century Ago And They've Won. Take The Paradox Of Rush Limbaugh, Ensconced In A Palm Beach Mansion Massaging The Resentments Across The Country Of White-knuckled Wage Earners, Who Are Barely Making Ends Meet In No Small Part Because Of The Corporate And Ideological Forces For Whom Rush Has Been A Hero.

Lyndon Johnson Believed The Poor Deserved A Better Life Than The Economy Was Providing Them. He Thought Private Power And Greed Had To Be Checked By A Vibrant Democracy.

When A Library Is Open, No Matter Its Size Or Shape, Democracy Is Open, Too.