“The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.” PoliticalEconomyEconomicWeakElectionCongressIncomeInequalityPresidentialThemeDominantPresidential ElectionIncome InequalityEconomic InequalityGridlock Author:Steven Rattner
“There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control.” PeopleMenTryingHas BeensStoriesPoliticalNumbersEventsCircumstancesTerribleOrdinaryUniversalCaughtThemeMidstCaught UpOrdinary PeopleSierraSierra Leone Author:Edward Zwick
“Confession frees, but power reduces one to silence; truth does not belong to the order of power, but shares an origincal affinity with freedom: traditional themes in philosophy, which a political history of truth would have to overturn by showing that truth is not by nature free--nor error servile--but that its production is thoroughly imbued with relations of power. The confession is an example of this.” DoePhilosophyPoliticalOrderSilenceShareExampleTruth IsRelationErrorsProductionsTraditionalThemeConfessionAffinityPolitical History Book:The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Source: The History of Sexuality: An Introduction
“All the themes of incipient fascism are present, to some degree, in our present-day political culture: the fear of the Other, the need for a (powerless) scapegoat, including the theme of expansionism.” NeedsPoliticalCultureDegreesIncludingThemeFascismPowerlessPresent DayScapegoatPolitical Culture Author:Justin Raimondo
“the distinction between rich nations and poor nations is one of the great dominant political and international themes of our century.” PoliticalNationsPoorRichCenturyInternationalThemeDistinctionDominantRich And PoorPoor Nations Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“There is a single theme behind all our work-we must reduce population levels. Either governments do it our way, through nice clean methods, or they will get the kinds of mess that we have in El Salvador, or in Iran or in Beirut. Population is a political problem. Once population is out of control, it requires authoritarian government, even fascism, to reduce it.” WayKindProblemGovernmentPoliticalLevelsBehindsNiceMethodCleanPopulationMessThemeIranFascismElitesReducingPopulation ControlBeirutEl SalvadorDepopulationAgenda 21Controlling GovernmentAuthoritarian GovernmentPopulation Problem Author:Thomas Ferguson
“I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it "intently political." I'm just writing about the world I know, as it is. Wounds and griefs included.” PeopleKnowsWorldWritingMatterCharacterPoliticalLanguageVoiceGriefNo Matter WhatStructureSurpriseWoundsThemeSurprise Me Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.” WayWritingWellsWantedPoliticalSidesLeaderIdentityGenreThemeSuperheroSpectrumPolitical Spectrum Author:Brian K. Vaughan