If You Give Up On Democracy, You

There Is A Crisis Of Public Morality. Instead Of Policing Bedrooms, We Ought To Be Doing A Better Job Policing Boardrooms.

The Industrial Leader Of The 20th Century Was A System-builder. He Was A Visionary In Terms Of What Could Be Built; Got The Capital Together; Certainly Convinced Investors That It Was Possible; And Then Ran A High-volume Production System That Would Spew Out A Vast Array Of Almost Identical Goods And Services. They Would Be Changed From Time To Time; There Was Research And Development, To Be Sure. But The System Was Built Around Production, Not Innovation.

Today, For Good Or Ill, People Are Thinking About Many Social Problems From The Standpoint Of Their Own Kitchen Tables. I Think The Way To Begin A Conversation With People About What's Going On Is To Address Their Daily Experiences, And What Their Fears And Frustrations, As Well As Their Exhilarations, Are.

Cutting Taxes Is Not Bad. But If You Cut Taxes On The Wealthy, Which Is What They Wanted To Do, You're Not Helping People Who Need Better Schools And Better Infrastructure And Healthcare. You're Basically Robbing The Middle Class And The Poor To Provide Tax Cuts To The Rich.

I Knew Hillary Clinton From Undergraduate Days And Was Enormously Impressed With Her. She Was A Terrific Energy And Enthusiasm, And A Great Organizer. And I Knew That She Was Going To Have A Political Future.