Borgia journalist strikes at Bush. The US election has shown just how bigoted and dishonest many of our journalists are, which brings me to Joanne Gray of the The Australian Financial Review. When recession strikes Bush tax cuts will be just the tonic. Aussie journalist joins Gore s election campaign. The thought that Gore s dirty tricks schemes might fail to capture the presidency for him has give ideologically motivated journalists political heartburn.
Few people appreciate the power of ideas.
When they experience the social and economic effects of intellectually inspired long-term trends, many tend to ascribe the process to a conspiracy of some kind. More than 160 years ago J. S. Mill wrote of how the ideas of a few writers can eventually influence the thinking of a nation's intellectuals. I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas. Not, indeed, immediately, but after a certain interval. . . . But, sooner or later, it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.