A philosopher argues that the sweeping social changes of the last few centuries, including freedom and equal rights for women, slaves, and other oppressed people, comes from the ancient power of honor, not legislation.

"US is a short book plainly stated. We have lost awareness of our ability to make the nation be for US. We do all the work. It should be for US. We need to break our almost hypnotic thinking about the rich. We think we need them to make the corporations and jobs, and their money to finance them. Corporations seem almost magical because of the magical products they make. Wrong. Most Americans work at small or mid-sized businesses. Many big corporations...