In Democratic Individuality, I argued that at a high level of abstraction, modern conservatives, liberals and radicals believe that the best economic, social and political institutions foster each person’s individuality. Their differences are largely empirical or social theoretical. All clash with modern authoritarians. I will take up practical issues such as torture and the lineage of the neocons and link them to larger issues in how we conceive a decent regime, locally and internationally.
The mob boss
who became
the Klan lover
who became
the money launderer
who became
the man
who never worked a day
Do you solemnly swear
lives in gold towers
never paid a bill
to tell
who treated women
things
ICED
immigrants
who never paid a lawyer
the truth
disloyal
in a land
of immigrants
who hoped
stood today
the investigation
naked
on a pedestal
ridme
ofthismeddlesome priest
would go
mob boss
squirming
in the brightlights