By laying the groundwork for a system centered on home ownership rather than the public housing popular in Europe, the New Deal made possible the great postwar housing boom that populated the Sun Belt and boosted millions of Americans into the middle class, where, ironically, they often became Republicans.
If Franz Kafka were alive today he'd be writing about customer service. - Jonathan Alter
If Franz Kafka were alive today he'd be writing about customer service.
- Jonathan Alter
Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar char… - Jonathan Alter
Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar char…
Logic can convince but only emotion can motivate. - Jonathan Alter
Logic can convince but only emotion can motivate.
The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive. - Jonathan Alter
The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive.
The price of loyalty is incompetence. - Jonathan Alter
The price of loyalty is incompetence.
The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics - Jonathan Alter
The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics
It sometimes takes a while for executives to figure out that the reporters they think of as little bugs to be squashed or spun can be more powerful t… - Jonathan Alter
It sometimes takes a while for executives to figure out that the reporters they think of as little bugs to be squashed or spun can be more powerful t…
If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government. - Jonathan Alter
If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government.
I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way. - Jonathan Alter
I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.
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