Our Economy Is A Plantation

The Printed Page Conveys Information And Commitment, And Requires Active Involvement. Television Conveys Emotion And Experience, And It's Very Limited In What It Can Do Logically. It's An Existential Experience - There And Then Gone.

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.

A Free Press Is One Where It's Okay To State The Conclusion You're Led To By The Evidence. One Reason I'm In Hot Water Is Because My Colleagues And I At Now Didn't Play By The Conventional Rules Of Beltway Journalism. Those Rules Divide The World Into Democrats And Republicans, Liberals And Conservatives, And Allow Journalists To Pretend They Have Done Their Job If Instead Of Reporting The Truth Behind The News, They Merely Give Each Side An Opportunity To Spin The News.

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. You Can't Have A People's Democracy As Long As Corporations Are Considered People.

Creativity Is Piercing The Mundane To Find The Marvelous.