I’m not a deeply political person. My politics are liberal; long ago I was something of a naïve anarchist. I once voted for Angela Davis in when she was running for President for the Communist Party, but that was only a symbolic gesture. Over the years I came to believe that while grassroots protest is invaluable in the political process, by itself it does very little. The real action is in the corridors of power, in boardrooms and offices and governmental chambers. When ordi