Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.

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• Daniel Bell:

  I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.

• Daniel Bell:

  Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

• Daniel Bell:

  The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the

• Daniel Bell:

  The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities;

• Daniel Bell:

  When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins

• Thomas E. Mann:

  Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.

• Thomas E. Mann:

  Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, wit

• Thomas E. Mann:

  Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan of

• Thomas E. Mann:

  Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk

• Thomas E. Mann:

  In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing id