American Political Climate

The current movement on the streets building before our eyes, following the vast cohort of young people in the Obama campaign, tells us that the American dream perseveres. If without a vision the people perish, what cannot be achieved in its service?

Real equality of opportunities must be through equality of capabilities...to achieve valuable functioning. --Amartya Sen A Common Inheritance A...

To move beyond their cautious pragmatism, progressives must abandon the self-defeating assumptions of the past. They must reject the false choice between social justice and individual freedom.

Finally, serious opposition has emerged against the full-scale, right wing and corporate takeover of American society.