Life, As The Signs In The Liquor

More Irishmen Died Fighting For Britain In World War I Than Died Fighting Against Her In All Of Ireland's Bids For Independence Combined.

Elites Are Inevitable In Politics. That Is How Politics Is Going To Work. The Question Is, Are Your Elites Responsible, Public-spirited? Do They Think About The Interests Of Others, Not Just Themselves? And The Story Of Western Politics Since The Beginning Of The Century Is That As Elites Become More Separated, More Selfish, As They Leave Behind Their Populations And Don't Think About Them, They Become Discredited. And The People Look For Alternatives. But The Alternative Is Worse. Those Rules Of The Game Protect Us All. And They Are More Precious Than Almost Any Political Outcome.

One Of The Things That Always Drives Any Practitioner Of Journalism Crazy Is You'll Run It People Who Say Why Doesn't The Media Cover This Or That? Well Of Course The Media Covered It. Why Didn't You Read About It? And, You Know, It's, You Know, There You Are, It's Not The Journalist's Job To Knock Down Your Door, You Know, Punch The Url Into Your Computer And Force You To Stop Watching The Kardashians And To Read, You Know, A Report On Integrity In Government Instead, It's Your Job.

There Are A Lot Of Wonderful People In America Who Shouldn't Be On The Supreme Court - And A Lot Who Should Be On The Court Who Aren't Such Wonderful People.

So Little Of What Makes A Democracy Work Is Written Down. So Much Of It Is Just The Things You Don't Do. There Are A Lot Of Things That A Prime Minister Or A President Can Do And They Don't Do Them Because It Never Occurs To Them To Do Them.