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In most important ways, this world is explicitly antibureaucratic: that is, it evinces an explicit rejection of virtually all the core values of bureaucracy.

the whole apparatus of trying to force people to behave well would be unnecessary if France did not also maintain a contrary apparatus that encourages people to behave badly.

makes perfect sense if you start from Nietzsche's initial premise. The problem is that the premise is insane.

In 1929, as a young man, British biologist J. D. Bernal wrote a book entitled "The World, The Flesh and the Devil" that Arthur C. Clarke called, "the most brilliant attempt at scientific prediction ever made.

That night, on a narrow bed in a rented room in a strange city, a dream was dreamed.

The colonel smiles at Racta, who stares at him and then grins back. That is when I know he's dangerous. THE

1996) The Gifts of Suffering: Finding Insight, Compassion and Renewal. New York: Addison-Wesley.

These talks with the "Other" [No. 2 personality] were my profoundest experiences: on the one hand a bloody struggle, on the other supreme ecstasy.

Paul's point is that that curse falls on people who are actually trying to obey the Torah if their efforts are grounded in legalism

The psychological cement of this system was a culture of subordination which modern historians call deference.

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.

If the Times gave readers far more news, then Lippmann at the Trib made the world seem far more understandable.

The author writes that the central conflict within journalist and seller of the American way Henry Luce was between his curiosity and his certitude.

Fresh from the rarefied environments of Harvard, the author says he purposefully took journalism jobs in small southern towns so that he could learn the art of conversation with ordinary people. Is this gift for listening and for conversation, it seems, that allowed him to produce textured historical narratives of grand impact.

Hughes might discuss Calvinism ably, but he did not live it, he was—by Time corporate standards—just a little lazy.

It was a wonderful combination for a reporter, the exterior so comforting, the interior so driven.

Elliston thought consistency less important than vitality and intelligence and passion.

It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.

the wealth of a society is going to be measured by how much disposable free time we all have to do what the hell we like without any constraints because our basic needs are met.

the neoliberal turn is in some way and to some degree associated with the restoration or reconstruction of the power of economic elites.

Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect.

Much later, while I was recovering from being shot, I realized that the hunt for the last great Nazi war criminal had started because of a hunch I'd gotten while reading the newspaper.

Inspiration is a magical thing, a productivity multiplier, a motivator. But it won't wait for you. Inspiration is a now thing. If it grabs you, grab it right back and put it to work.

one Republican wrote, the people "think that God tried his best when he made Mr Lincoln