I Never Went To A Ballet Until

Among The Reasons That You Go Into Journalism, I Suppose, Are Some Rather Idealistic, Even Foolish Reasons. In My Case One Of The Reasons Was I Wanted To Explain How Things Really Work, How Political Power Really Works.

There Used To Be This Feeling Under Eisenhower And Kennedy And Roosevelt And Truman That Government Was A Solution. Trust In The Presidency Fell Precipitously Under Johnson - Real Lows. And It's Never Come Back. It's A Trend That, If You're Liberal, Is Really Discouraging.

Nobody Believes This, But I Write Very Fast.

Robert Moses Wasn't Elected To Anything. We're Taught That In A Democracy Power Comes From Being Elected. He Had More Power Than Anyone, And He Held It For 48 Years

The Moment The Curtain Rose On That First Ballet, I Knew Something Wonderful And New Had Come Into My Life. I Can Still See The First Scene. The Ballet Was Divertimento No. 15