We Live In An Age Of De-democratization.

An American-led Overthrow Of Saddam Hussein - And The Replacement Of The Radical Baathist Dictatorship With A New Government More Closely Aligned With The United States Would Put America More Wholly In Charge Of The Region Than Any Power Since The Ottomans, Or Maybe Even The Romans.

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.

Maybe It's True That People With Less Extreme Views Who Are Also Interested In Public Affairs Have Been Driven Out By A Marketplace That Doesn't Offer Them Anything Of The Tone They Want To Listen To.

Look, The Media Are Trapped By Changes In The Technology And Business Of Their Industry.

My Mother Cared More About How You Reasoned Than About The Conclusions You Reached.