25 years ago in reason."People who resist authority, who defend the rights of the individual, who try in a period of increasing totalitarianism and centralization to reclaim these rights--this is the true left in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Whether they are anarcho-communists, anarcho-syndicalists, or libertarians who believe in free enterprise ... I feel much closer, ideologically, to such individuals than I do to the totalitarian liberals and Marxist-Leninists of today." --"REASON Interview: Murray Bookchin" "Many people in Cleveland had always thought that Dennis Kucinich  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. was a vicious little demagogue dem·a·gogue also dem·a·gog n. 1. A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace. 2. A leader of the common people in ancient times. tr.v. who would walk over his own grandmother if she stood in the way of his climb to higher office." --Michael McMenamin and Earle Turner, "Populism populism Political program or movement that champions the common person, usually by favourable contrast with an elite. Populism usually combines elements of the left and right, opposing large business and financial interests but also frequently being hostile to established for Power" "The Honorable Charles Diggs Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. (December 2, 1922 — August 24, 1998) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He resigned from the House and served 14 months of a three-year sentence for mail fraud. (D-Mich.) has altruistically offered to pay back the $40,031.66 he stole from the federal treasury. This offer of uncharacteristic honesty was accompanied by a pledge not ever to do it again." --Thomas Winslow Hazlett, "Brickbats" |
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