Inside Out

For the bloggers.

By definition, establishments believe in propping up the existing order. Members of the ruling class have a vested interest in keeping things pretty much the way they are. Safeguarding the status quo, protecting traditional institutions, can be healthy and useful, stabilizing and reassuring.

EVAN THOMAS, NEWSWEEK

Of course, the United States is unique. And just as we have the world’s most advanced economy, military, and technology, we also have its most advanced oligarchy.

SIMON JOHNSON, THE ATLANTIC

L’état, c’est moi.

LOUIS XIV