“Financial regulation is the next item on the political horizon, and it doesn't have to be the deathly dull wonk-battle that it sounds like. In fact, if the Democrats do their job, it can just as easily become a platform for addressing the greatest issues of them all.” IfsFactsJobsPoliticalNextSoundIssuesBattleDemocratFinancialDullHorizonRegulationPlatformsItemsFinancial Regulation Author:Thomas Frank
“Hearing him speak is so fun, reassuring I dare say. You can say all you like about Sihanouk: that he's an atrocious liar, a madman, a fraud, a swashbuckler, an international blot. You may think that, but you cannot deny how in this age in which the political arena seems to generate only dull, obtuse and boring characters with no imagination, he's a kind of miracle.” ThinkingKindMayCharacterSeemsAgePoliticalSpeakFunImaginationMiracleInternationalDareBoringDenyHearingDullLiarsFraudArenaMadmenReassuring Author:Oriana Fallaci
“Any extreme political creed brought only darkness in the long run; it lit up nothing. The best politics were those of caution, tolerance and moderation, Angus maintained, but such politics were, alas, also very dull, and certainly moved nobody to poetry.” LongRunningPoliticalDarknessMovedExtremesToleranceDullCreedsLong RunsModerationAlasLitCaution Book:The Unbearable Lightness of Scones Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones