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Maybe The Reason Some Folks Lag Behind In Our Free Enterprise System Is Because They Depend Too Much On The Free Part And Not Enough On Their Own Enterprise.

In 1900 Americans On Average Lived For Only 49 Years And Most Working People Died Still On The Job.

The Quest For Homeland Security Is Heading ... Toward The Quasi-militarization Of Everyday Life ... If Danger Might Lurk Anywhere, Maybe Everything Must Be Protected And Policed.

Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others. Everyone's Sense Of Virtue Is Degraded By The Present Reality. A Revolutionary Principle Is Embedded In The Global Economic System, Awaiting Broader Recognition: Human Dignity Is Indivisible. Across The Distances Of Culture And Nations, Across Vast Gulfs Of Wealth And Poverty, Even The Least Among Us Are Entitled To Dignity, And No Justification Exists Or Brutalizing Them In The Pursuit Of Commerce.

The Point Is, The Political Reporters Are The Ones Who No Longer Understand The Ritual They Are Covering. They Keep Searching For Political Meanings In The Tepid Events When A Convention Is Now Essentially A Human Drama And Only That.