Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others

Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession.

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.