East and West, most societies have come to believe that competition will produce more prosperity for more people than a planned economy. I share that belief.
From Anthony Lewis
There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.
Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns.
The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.
I am an optimist about America.
I'm a pro-capitalist, middle-of-the-road, tepid centrist.
Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.
Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own rules, we put that effort at risk.
I was covering the Supreme Court when it decided Gideon v. Wainright, and the case has always had special meaning for me.
With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.
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