“The social success of the Shah in the galaxy of international despots is the end result of a careful campaign, premised on two vital ingredients: snobbery and cash”

“Every age gets the journalism it de­mands and the journalism it deserves. Right now, ankle-deep in the Reagan era, the situation looks pretty grim.”

“In a rational world there could indeed be a recovery, but it is plain that the country is not under rational control. Its leaders are unable to focus on reality and drift along on illusions.”

“The Reagan administration, rabid on the topic of the Russian threat, has escalated bellicose rhetoric to a level which quite simply terrifies people.”

In 1973, Robert Rauschenberg confronted collector Robert Scull over his flamboyant profiteering. The Voice’s Alexander Cockburn covered the financial and personal fracas.