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The Sun is Setting
“Violence is not new to America. White men of European stock seized the lands of indigenous Indians with a ferocity which endured until our own times. The institution of slavery shaped the character of the nation and leaves its mark everywhere. Countless “local” wars were mounted throughout the twentieth century to protect commercial interests abroad. Finally, the United States emerged at Hiroshima as the arbiter of world affairs and self-appointed policeman of the globe.”
— Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Russell’s America: Volume II 1945–1970, Part II,
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When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.
— Lin Yutang
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If we collectively dream the world into existence, why are we dreaming a nightmare?
— Annabel Ascher
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SHADOWS
I know a lot of people who look at the strange characters rising to political power in our time and feel tempted to give up hope. The Trump movement seems to be made up of disingenuous carnival hucksters that would have been laughed off the stage not that long ago. The Democratic Party is infested by a corporate element whose greatest fear seems to be that progressive Democratic policies would actually be enacted. If those were our…
