We create our own government. We are responsible for its beauty and for its ugliness. We are responsible for its glories and… — Charlie Pierce Architect Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is not a man of The Gut, and it is driving official Washington crazy. This is a good thing, because… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
The creative project of self-government - hard and frustrating but necessary - is to produce that political commonwealth that changes over time,… — Charlie Pierce Change Copy Share Image
If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that… — Charlie Pierce Amateurism Copy Share Image
In the year of our Lord 2010, the voters of the United States elected the worst Congress in the history of the… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
I think, over the last couple of years, the written word has made a comeback on the Internet. For example, I'm seeing… — Charlie Pierce Comeback Copy Share Image
We owe each other a debt and we owe each other an obligation, and because of these fundamental American imperatives, there are… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
