With a novelist's sense of drama and a historian's understanding of the social forces that shape our lives, Tom Gjelten has captured vividly -- throu…

- Ronald Steel

Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike.

- Ronald Steel

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

- Ronald Steel

Children, for whom suburban life was supposed to make wholesome little Johns and Wendys, became the acid-dropping, classroom-burning hippies of the 1…

- Ronald Steel

There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff,…

- Ronald Steel

Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up looking at the…

- Ronald Steel

Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and glea…

- Ronald Steel

Heroes come along when you need them.

- Ronald Steel

We falter from childhood amidst shames and fears, we move in closed spaces where stale tradition enervates, we grow hysterical over success and failu…

- Ronald Steel