Sunday, July 01, 2012

Polarized Populous

"We’re coming to a tipping point… there’s going to be a huge conversation. Is government an instrument of good, or is it every man for himself?  Is there something bigger we want to reach for or is self-interest our basic resting pulse?”


  - Executive Producer Mackenzie McHale (Emily Morimer) on "Newsroom," an HBO Series created by Aaron Sorkin, Episode 1, June 2012

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