When A Library Is Open, No Matter

Conservatism Is Less A Set Of Ideas Than It Is A Pathological Distemper, A Militant Anger Over The Fact That The Universe Is Not Closed And Life Is Not Static.

We Don't Care Really About Children As A Society And Television Reflects That Indifference To Children As Human Beings.

The Quality Of Democracy And The Quality Of Journalism Are Deeply Entwined.

The Most Fundamental Liberal Failure Of The Current Era: The Failure To Embrace A Moral Vision Of America Based On The Transcendent Faith That Human Beings Are More Than The Sum Of Their Material Appetites, Our Country Is More Than An Economic Machine, And Freedom Is Not License But Responsibility.

We Have Got To Nurture The Spirit Of Independent Journalism In This Country, Or We'll Not Save Capitalism From Its Own Excesses, And We'll Not Save Democracy From Its Own Inertia.