“For more than a decade, the United States had been giving large-scale military aid to the French colonialists, and then to the American-installed but authoritarian South Vietnamese government, to fight nationalists and communists in Vietnam. More than 23,000 U.S. military… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“A less well known impact of immigrant populations is the increase that destination states gain in Congress where apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is calculated on the basis of a state's entire adult population regardless of legal status. And, because each state's electoral college vote is the sum of the number of its representatives in the House… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share
“The owners and top managers of most news media organizations tend to be conservative and Republican. This is hardly surprising. The shareholders and executives of multi-billion-dollar corporations are not very interested in undermining the free enterprise system, for example, income from offended advertisers. These owners and managers ultimately decide which reporters, newscasters, and editors to hire or fire, promote or… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share
“Because widespread participation is so central to popular sovereignty, we can say that the less political participation there is in a society, the weaker… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“For the most part, the evidence shows that individual Americans do not care a great deal about politics and are rather poorly informed, unstable… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“The “evils of faction” theme recurs throughout our history, from the writings of the “muckrakers” at the turn of the twentieth century to the… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“It is no accident, then, that each of our major wars has served to enhance the power of government in Washington: the Civil War,… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Still others worry that news organizations may pull their punches when reporting about the activities of their corporate parents or partners. Will ABC News… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“For more than a decade, the United States had been giving large-scale military aid to the French colonialists, and then to the American-installed but… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
