Introduction
The madness of King George III and our contemporary political dilemma
Freedom
Shaking Bugs Bunny's hand in Disneyland : democracy will not be televised
Dead pope music : the press and American politics
The threatened habitats of democracy
Lantern bearing and the American covenant tradition
The other superpower : the Internet's new "interactivists" and the public sphere
Shooting elephants : the language of politics
Freedom and religion : the visions of Jacob and Orestes
In America.