Americans are right that the bonds of our communities have withered, and we are right to fear that this transformation has very real costs, ... Bowling Alone. |
It can be heard even above the roar of a helicopter, which is important if you want to tell people anything. That's the problem with bullhorns ? over a helicopter, they can't really understand what you're saying. |
Over the course of the last generation or two, a variety of technological, economic and social changes have rendered obsolete the stuff of American social capital. |
She made the adjustment very, very well. I was very leery of how well she was going to adjust, because she lived up there, she didn't know anywhere else to live. That's a big move, you know. |
She's cold all the time. And down here, she loves it. I mean, 95 (degrees) here and that's perfect for her. It is an ideal climate for her. |
The unstated message [of Bush's tax cuts] was that we were not all in this together, ... and, whatever the economic merits or demerits of the policy, the civic implications of that policy were abominable. |
There are deep parallels between the plight of America at the turn of the last century and the plight of America today. |
This could be a moment that changes the political dialogue of the country, |