If I am to convince you that it is really in your interests for me to be self-interested, then I can only be effectively self-interested by becoming less so. —Terry Eagleton, Ideology: An Introduction The field of biotechnology was launched …
Europe is not lost yet. Daniel Bell’s arguments are good, but not convincing. Bell’s basic error lies in his hidden suspicion of the shape of the European welfare state. Without a doubt, in the next ten years the social welfare …
There are signs that Senator McCarthy is slipping. One holds one’s breath, for he has stormed back into the headlines to win new triumphs before. But whether he stays or goes it is important to define the social and political …
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