Sublime

The Republicans say officially that the President is an impulsive, uninformed opportunist, lacking policy or stability, wasteful, reckless, unreliable in act and contract….Mr. Roosevelt seeks to supervene the constitutional processes of government, dominate Congress and the Supreme Court by illegal means and regiment the country to his shifting and

New Yorkers knew who was primarily responsible for the boon they had been given. It would have been difficult for them not to know. For the press was turning Robert Moses into a hero.

On objectera qu’il est vain de parler d’espaces physiques alors que notre sociabilité se virtualise de plus en plus. Peut-être, mais Facebook pose les mêmes questions et suscite le même vertige que Times Square. Ce « lieu » essentiel du débat public contemporain est une entreprise marchande. Or une agora peut-elle être une propriété privée ?