Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.
Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy. - George Packer
Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.
- George Packer
The Petraeus-Crocker testimony is the kind of short-lived event on which the Administration has relied to shore up support for the war: the 'Mission … - George Packer
The Petraeus-Crocker testimony is the kind of short-lived event on which the Administration has relied to shore up support for the war: the 'Mission …
At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on … - George Packer
At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on …
Since I was a kid. I had this series by Ballantine Books about the history of World Wars I and II. In my 20s, it was the Vietnam War literature of no… - George Packer
Since I was a kid. I had this series by Ballantine Books about the history of World Wars I and II. In my 20s, it was the Vietnam War literature of no…
Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland … - George Packer
Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland …
We have all the information in the universe at our fingertips, while our most basic problems go unsolved year after year...All around, we see dazzlin… - George Packer
We have all the information in the universe at our fingertips, while our most basic problems go unsolved year after year...All around, we see dazzlin…
We will have a more just society as soon as we want one. - George Packer
We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.
Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumst… - George Packer
Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumst…
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logi… - George Packer
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logi…
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