Anti-utopianism Continues To Suffuse Our Culture...today Few

I Sometimes Think That The American Story Is The One About The Reading Of The Will.

His Administration Apparently Means To Define Itself As A Television Program Instead Of A Government...i Don't Know If It Can Please Both Its Sponsors And Its Intended Audience.

We Might Make A Public Moan In The Newspapers About The Decay Of Conscience, But In Private Conversation, No Matter What Crimes A Man May Have Committed Or How Cynically He May Have Debased His Talent Or His Friends, Variations On The Answer Yes, But I Did It For The Money, Satisfy All But The Most Tiresome Objections.

What Kind Of People Do We Wish To Become, And How Do We Know An American When We See One? Is It Possible To Pursue A Common Purpose Without A Common History Or A Standard Text?

Unlike Any Other Business In The United States, Sports Must Preserve An Illusion Of Perfect Innocence. The Mounting Of This Illusion Defines The Purpose And Accounts For The Immense Wealth Of American Sports. It Is The Ceremony Of Innocence That The Fans Pay To See - Not The Game Or The Match Or The Bout, But The Ritual Portrayal Of A World In Which Time Stops And All Hope Remains Plausible, In Which Everybody Present Can Recover The Blameless Expectations Of A Child, Where The Forces Of Light Always Triumph Over The Powers Of Darkness.