The Alfalfa Party: Nexus of Power and Politics

This article is about a year old, but it reveals the nexus of power and politics -- as President Eisenhower put it -- the behind-the-scenes incestuous workings of the military-industrial-congressional complex. It also paints a self-congratulatory picture -- along the lines that Chomsky presents -- of those in Washington who regard themselves as "the best" -- as opposed to the rest of us -- the "ignorant and meddlesome outsiders," as referred to by Walter Lippman.

From Court to Jester