Triumph or Resignation?; (Post-) Modern Democracy; Pursuit of Happiness; Money, Part I Motor and Nemesis of Democracy; Money, Part II Democratizing Money; The Existential Runner; The Oral Society; Pragmatism and Fundamentalism; Elections and Parties; Plebiscite and Participation; Astrocracy and Bureaucracy; The Imperial Presidency; Pax Americana Part I Mission to Save the World; Pax Americana Part II Militarizing the Society; A State of Law(yers); The Media; The Flirtation with the End of History; Social Decline, Poverty, and Crime; Reality and Fiction; Wild at Heart; Life Is Fun Part I The Pathology of Happiness; Life Is Fun, Part II Outlook