If We Have Wealth, It

The Trauma Of 9/11 Stimulated Infinite Possibilities For Worry - Some Quite Plausible, But Most Inspired By Remote What-if Fantasies. A Society Bingeing On Fear Makes Itself Vulnerable To Far More Profound Forms Of Destruction Than Terror Attacks. The "terrorism War", Like A Nostalgic Echo Of The Cold War, Is Using These Popular Fears To Advance A Different Agenda - The Re-engineering Of American Life Through Permanent Mobilization.

A Newly Elected Representative Quickly Discovers That His Job In Government-aside From Making New Laws-is To Act As A Broker, Middleman, Special Pleader And Finagler.

The Rich Nations Of The World Are Acting Like Ancient Usurers, Lending Money To The Desperate Poor On Terms That Cannot Possibly Be Met And, Thus, Steadily Acquiring More And More Control Over The Lives And Assets Of The Poor.

The Scandalous Question That Hangs Over Modern Government And Excites Perpetual Outrage Is About Political Money And What It Buys. What Exactly Do These Contributors Get In Return For The Hundreds Of Thousands, Even Millions Of Dollars They Funnel To The Politicians?

The Threat To Globalization Is Not The Wasted American Dollars But Washington's Readiness To Mix Us Commercial Interests With Its Self-appointed Role As Global Protector.