Bill Moyers Journal

by Bill Moyers

  American exceptionalism: Ross Douthat on; Mickey Edwards on

  American Labor Party

  American people (American public): Andrew Bacevich on; Benjamin Barber on; Mike Davis on; Barbara Ehrenreich on; Margaret Flowers on; James K. Galbraith on; William Greider on; Jim Hightower on; and interrogation methods; Susan Jacoby on; on national health system; Philippe Sands on; Bryan Stevenson on; Jon Stewart on; Jeremiah Wright on; Howard Zinn on. See also citizens and citizenship; populism

  American society: Karen Armstrong on; Benjamin Barber on; Thomas Cahill on; James Cone on–; Martín Espada on; William Greider on; John Grisham on; Ted Olson on; David Simon on; Shelby Steele on; Bryan Stevenson on; Robert Wright on

  American way of life: Andrew Bacevich on; Ross Douthat on; Holly Sklar on; E.O. Wilson on. See also American culture

  America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

  Among the Wild Chimpanzees (film)

  animals, Jane Goodall on

  Annan, Kofi

  Anthill (E.O. Wilson)

  Anthony, Susan B.

  anthropology: Jim Yong Kim on; Jeremiah Wright on

  antiabortion movement, Ross Douthat on

  antiapartheid movement, Richard Goldstone on

  anti-Communism, Sam Tanenhaus on

  antirationalism, Susan Jacoby on

  Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,

  ants, E.O. Wilson on

  apartheid: Thomas Cahill on; Richard Goldstone’s fight against

  The Appeal (John Grisham)

  Arab world, Philippe Sands on

  Arctic Dreams (Barry Lopez)

  Arendt, Hannah

  Aristotle

  Ashcroft, John

  Asian Americans: Grace Lee Boggs on; Jim Yong Kim on; Ted Olson on

  assisted suicide, Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat on

  atheists, Karen Armstrong on

  Atlanta, Georgia

  Auden, W.H.

  Axelrod, David

  baby boomers: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot on; Bill Moyers on

  Bagram prison

  bailouts: Benjamin Barber on; Mike Davis on; effects of; William Greider on; Simon Johnson on; Robert Kaiser on; Howard Zinn on

  Bait and Switch (Barbara Ehrenreich)

  balance of power, William Greider on

  Balm in Gilead (Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot)

  Baltimore, Maryland

  The Baltimore Sun

  banking industry: Benjamin Barber on; Mike Davis on; James K. Galbraith on; William Greider on; Simon Johnson on

  banking regulation: James K. Galbraith on; William Greider on; Jim Hightower on

  banking system: James K. Galbraith on; William Greider on

  Barak, Ehud

  Barbour, Haley

  Barks, Coleman

  Baucus, Max

  Bauer, Gary

  Beaver, Diane

  “Bed in Summer” (Robert Louis Stevenson)

  belief(s): Karen Armstrong on; compassion vs.; Louise Erdrich on; Susan Jacoby on; Robert Wright on. See also faith

  Beloved Communities Project

  Berry, Wendell

  “Between the Rockets and the Songs” (Martín Espada)

  Beyond Tragedy (Reinhold Niebuhr)

  Bible: Karen Armstrong on; Susan Jacoby on; Jeremiah Wright on; Robert Wright on

  The Bible (Karen Armstrong)

  “Bicycles” (Nikki Giovanni)

  Bill of Rights: David Boies and Ted Olson on; Mickey Edwards on

  bin Laden, Osama: Karen Armstrong on; Bill Moyers on

  biodiversity: Jane Goodall on; E.O. Wilson on

  Black, Cofer

  black American identity, Shelby Steele on

  black churches: James Cone on; Jeremiah Wright on

  Black Codes, Douglas Blackmon on

  black liberation theology

  Blackstone Group

  Black Theology and Black Power (James Cone)

  Blackwater: Bill Moyers on; Jeremy Scahill on

  Blair, Tony: Karen Armstrong on; Philippe Sands on

  Blankfein, Lloyd

  Bloggingheads.tv

  Bloomberg, Mike

  The Blue Jay’s Dance (Louise Erdrich)

  The Body Politic (Victor Gold and Lynne Cheney)

  Boggs, James

  Book of Kells

  border security, Mike Davis on

  Bork, Robert: Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat on; on same-sex marriage

  Brandeis, Louis

  Broder, David

  Brolin, Josh

  Brooks, David

  Brooks, Gwendolyn

  Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

  Brown v. Board of Education

  Bryan, William Jennings: Nell Painter on; Howard Zinn on

  Buchanan, Pat

  Buckley, William F.

  Buddhism: Karen Armstrong on; W.S. Merwin on; Robert Wright on

  budget deficits: Andrew Bacevich on; James K. Galbraith on

  Burke, Edmund

  Burnham, James

  Burns, Ed

  Bush, George H.W.: Andrew Bacevich on; election of 1992, ; and Victor Gold

  Bush, George W.: Andrew Bacevich on; Robert Bly on; Bush v. Gore; Ross Douthat on; Mickey Edwards on; Victor Gold on; and interrogation techniques; Susan Jacoby on; Philippe Sands on; Jeremy Scahill on; and Schiavo case; Sam Tanenhaus on

  Bush administration (George W.): Andrew Bacevich on; Ross Douthat on; and interrogation methods; Bill Moyers on; Philippe Sands on; Jeremy Scahill on; Sam Tanenhaus on

  Bush Doctrine

  Bush v. Gore

  Business for Shared Prosperity

  California. See also Proposition 8 (California)

  “Call and Answer” (Robert Bly)

  Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

  campaign contributions: Barbara Ehrenreich on; Victor Gold on; William Greider on; John Grisham on; Jim Hightower on; Simon Johnson on; judicial campaigns; Robert Kaiser on; Bill Moyers on; Jeremy Scahill on; from Robert Allen Stanford

  capitalism: Benjamin Barber on–; Mike Davis on; Mickey Edwards on; David Simon on; Sam Tanenhaus on

  capital punishment (death penalty): Thomas Cahill on; John Grisham on; Italy’s opposition to; Bill Moyers on; Bryan Stevenson on; Desmond Tutu on

  Carter, Jimmy: Andrew Bacevich on; John Grisham on; New Baptist Covenant formed by

  Carter Doctrine

  Cassidy, Gerald

  Catholic Church

  Center for Media and Democracy

  Centre on International Courts and Tribunals

  Chambers, Whittaker

  change: Grace Lee Boggs on; Barbara Ehrenreich on; environmental(see also climate change); Jim Hightower on; Jim Yong Kim on; Margaret Mead on; political; David Simon on; Jeremiah Wright on; Robert Wright on. See also reform

  character, Bryan Stevenson on

  Charles, Prince of Wales

  Charter for Compassion

  Chavez, Cesar

  checks and balances, Mickey Edwards on

  Cheney, Dick: Mickey Edwards on; Victor Gold on; on Halliburton; Jeremy Scahill on; Sam Tanenhaus on

  Cheney, Lynne

  child mortality rate, Holly Sklar on

  children: Robert Bly on; Louise Erdrich on; David Simon on; Bryan Stevenson on investing in. See also parenting

  “A Child’s Garden of Verses” (Robert Louis Stevenson)

  chimpanzees, Jane Goodall and

  China Men (Maxine Hong Kingston)

  Chinese Americans: Grace Lee Boggs on; Ted Olson on

  “Choices” (Nikki Giovanni)

  Christianity: Karen Armstrong on; black liberation theology; Thomas Cahill on; James Cone on; John Grisham on; W.S. Merwin on; E.O. Wilson on; Jeremiah Wright on; Robert Wright on

  Christian supremacists, Jeremy Scahill on

  chronic diseases, Michael Pollan on

  IA: Andrew Bacevich on; Philippe Sands on

  CIGNA

  Citigroup

  citizens and citizenship: Benjamin Barber on; Wi
lliam Greider on; in health care debate; Susan Jacoby on; Nell Painter on. See also American people (American public)

  Citizens United v. FEC

  City of Quartz (Mike Davis)

  civic action, Jim Hightower on

  civic responsibility, Andrew Bacevich on

  civil disobedience: Margaret Flowers on; Howard Zinn on

  civilization, Thomas Cahill on

  civil liberties, Ross Douthat on

  civil rights: Ted Olson on; Bryan Stevenson on; Howard Zinn on

  Civil Rights Act

  civil rights movement: Michelle Alexander on; Grace Lee Boggs on; James Cone on; Mike Davis on; Barbara Ehrenreich on; Bill Moyers on; Sam Tanenhaus on; Jeremiah Wright on; Howard Zinn on

  civil society, Sam Tanenhaus on

  class structure: Ross Douthat on; Barbara Ehrenreich on

  class war: Mike Davis on; Barbara Ehrenreich on

  climate change: Mike Davis on; and food production; James K. Galbraith on; Michael Pollan on

  Clinton, Bill: Andrew Bacevich on; Ross Douthat on; Victor Gold on; Susan Jacoby on; Jeremy Scahill on; David Simon on; Bryan Stevenson on; Sam Tanenhaus on; and Welfare Reform Act of 1996,

  Clinton, Hillary: Susan Jacoby on; populism of; Jeremy Scahill on

  Clinton administration: Mike Davis on; Richard Goldstone on

  Code Pink

  Cohen, Lizabeth

  Colbert, Stephen: “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear,” ; Jon Stewart on

  collective joy, Barbara Ehrenreich on

  Colombia, mercenaries in

  Colson, Chuck

  The Columbia Journalism Review

  Colvin, Bunny

  Come Home, America (William Greider)

  commodity groups, Michael Pollan on

  communication: Jane Goodall on; Maxine Hong Kingston on; Jeremiah Wright on

  Communist Party

  community: Andrew Bacevich on; James Cone on; Barry Lopez on

  community colleges

  compassion, Karen Armstrong on

  competitiveness of the U.S., Holly Sklar on

  conformity, Victor Gold on

  Confucius

  Congress: Andrew Bacevich on; and bailouts; David Boies and Ted Olson on; Gerald Cassidy’s work with; Defense of Marriage Act; Ross Douthat on; Mickey Edwards on; James K. Galbraith on; William Greider on; and health care reform; Wendell Potter on

  Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

  Congresspersons: Andrew Bacevich on; Robert Kaiser on; as lobbyists

  conscience: Richard Goldstone on; Robert Wright on

  conservation, Jane Goodall on

  conservatism; Andrew Bacevich on; David Boies on; during Bush-Cheney years; classical; Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat on; Bill Moyers on; paradox of; and same-sex marriage; Shelby Steele on; Sam Tanenhaus on. See also neoconservatives (neocons)

  conservative Christianity, E.O. Wilson on

  conservative movement: Victor Gold on; Barry Goldwater on; Sam Tanenhaus on

  conservative principles: Andrew Bacevich on; Jim Hightower on

  Constitution of the United States: Andrew Bacevich on; David Boies on; Thomas Cahill on; Ross Douthat on; Mickey Edwards on; Susan Jacoby on; Ted Olson on; Sam Tanenhaus on; and torture

  Consumed (Benjamin Barber)

  consumerism: Andrew Bacevich on; Benjamin Barber on; Grace Lee Boggs on; Nell Painter on

  consumer protection, James K. Galbraith on

  consumption: Andrew Bacevich on; E.O. Wilson on

  The Content of Our Character (Shelby Steele)

  control: James Cone on; Bryan Stevenson on

  cooking, Michael Pollan on

  Cooper, Charles

  cooperatives (co-ops), Jim Hightower on

  Copernicus, Nicholas

  CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

  Corker, Bob

  corporate executives, Holly Sklar on

  corporate power: Mike Davis on; Archer Fullingim on; William Greider on; Jim Hightower on

  corporate republic, James K. Galbraith on

  corporate state, William Greider on

  corruption: Victor Gold on; Bill Moyers on; Jeremy Scahill on; David Simon on

  Cosby, Bill

  Cottenham, Green

  Cramer, Jim

  The Creation (E.O. Wilson)

  creationism: Karen Armstrong on; Susan Jacoby on

  creation science, Karen Armstrong on

  creativity, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot on

  credit: Andrew Bacevich on; James K. Galbraith on; Jim Hightower on; Nell Painter on; Holly Sklar on; of U.S. government

  crime: Michelle Alexander on; John Grisham on; David Simon on; Bryan Stevenson on

  crimes against humanity: Richard Goldstone on; in Operation Cast Lead

  criminalization of black life: Michelle Alexander on; Douglas Blackmon on; Bryan Stevenson on

  criminalization of illegal immigrants, Martín Espada on

  criminalization of people of color: Michelle Alexander on; Bryan Stevenson on

  criminal justice system: Michelle Alexander on; Thomas Cahill on; racial bias in–; David Simon on; Bryan Stevenson on

  “crisis of profligacy,” Andrew Bacevich on

  Crocker, Ryan

  Crossfire

  cross-generational activities, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot on

  crucifixion, James Cone on

  cruelty: Thomas Cahill on; and death penalty; Louise Erdrich on; Mike Gelles on; Jane Goodall on; Philippe Sands on; Shelby Steele on; Jeremiah Wright on. See also torture

  cultural evolution, Robert Wright on

  cultural revolution: Grace Lee Boggs on; Sam Tanenhaus on

  culture, American. See American culture

  culture of cruelty: following 9/11, Bill Moyers on; Philippe Sands on

  culture of despair, Bryan Stevenson on

  customary international law, Richard Goldstone on

  The Daily Show

  Daly, Herman

  Damien, Father

  Damon, Matt

  Dancing in the Streets (Barbara Ehrenreich)

  Darfur, Jeremy Scahill on

  Dartmouth College

  Darwin, Charles: Karen Armstrong on; Barry Lopez on

  David Greybeard (chimpanzee)

  Dawkins, Richard

  death: Nikki Giovanni on–39; W.S. Merwin on; preventable

  The Death of Conservatism (Sam Tanenhaus)

  “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” (Randall Jarrell)

  death penalty. See capital punishment (death penalty)

  debt, Benjamin Barber on

  Declaration of Independence, Sam Tanenhaus on

  defense contracts, Sam Tanenhaus on

  defense industry, discrimination in

  Defense of Marriage Act

  deforestation, Jane Goodall on

  deglobalization, Mike Davis on

  DeLay, Tom; Mickey Edwards on; Bill Moyers on

  DeMint, Jim

  democracy: Andrew Bacevich on; Benjamin Barber on; Grace Lee Boggs on; Barbara Ehrenreich on; William Greider on; Jim Hightower on; Robert Kaiser on; Bill Moyers on; Nell Painter on; Jeremy Scahill on; David Simon on; Sam Tanenhaus on; Howard Zinn on