Sublime

“Terrorism,” said the rental. “We prefer not to use that term,” said Lowbeer, studying her candle flame with something that looked to Netherton to be regret, “if only because terror should remain the sole prerogative of the state.” She looked up at him. “Someone has made an attempt on your life. It may also have been intended to intimidate any asso

I think the scale of clandestine government activities is a pretty good measure of the popular dissidence and activism in a country—and clandestine activities shot way up during the Reagan period. That tells you something right there about popular “empowerment”: it’s a reflection of people’s power that the government was forced underground. That’s

The problem is the relationship of the federal government to itself.

Once again, however, the opportunity for financial innovation was provided by war.

For American taxpayers, the Savings and Loans debacle was a hugely expensive lesson in the perils of ill-considered deregulation.

the ability of portfolio investors to move money unfettered across national borders is a matter of controversy among economists, much more so than is the freedom of trade in goods. With regard to this aspect of global capitalism, the Argentine crisis underlines the need for major repair. It points inexorably to the conclusion that government effort

Le gouvernement lui-même – simple intermédiaire choisi par les gens pour exécuter leur volonté – est également susceptible d’être abusé et perverti avant que les gens puissent agir par lui. Témoin en ce moment la guerre du Mexique, œuvre d’un groupe relativement restreint d’individus qui se servent du gouvernement permanent comme d’un outil ; car a

Johnson stood there for about thirty-five minutes. Then, at 1:20, O’Donnell appeared at the door and crossed the room to Lyndon Johnson, and seeing the stricken “face of Kenny O’Donnell who loved him so much,” Lady Bird knew. “He’s gone,” O’Donnell said, to the thirty-sixth President of the United States.