We, the rational passengers, must see past our ideological differences and band together to see that our ship gets repaired.
Chait, a senior editor at The New Republic who writes the magazine's TRB column, argues that a band of ideological zealots succeeded in capturing first the Republican Party and then, by poisoning the political process, Washington itself.
No one vaguely familiar with the assassination of William McKinley or with anarchist "propaganda of the deed" killings of heads of state can take comfort in the idea that a loosely organized band united by ideological zealotry is incapable of wreaking havoc.
Given that America's three million Muslims, many of whom have deep multi-generational roots in this country, do not tend to live in strict segregation, it was hard to know what Cruz had in mind — bands of armed ideological examiners roving the streets of Brooklyn?
It's an ideological dispute in which a relatively small band of Republicans in particular is unwilling to compromise on what they consider deeply held principles.
Talented intruders who are motivated -- and perhaps banding together with criminal or ideological motives -- can go far, he said, citing little-publicized attacks on business and Pentagon computer networks by hackers who may be linked to organized crime in Russia.
In the past, people opposed empires, colonial powers, and the ideological requirements of the Cold War by banding together in more compact nation-states.
In the 1990s, he was the guitarist and one of the ideological forces behind Rage Against the Machine, the hard rock band that did social commentary during a period in American history when few were protesting.
Over time, defections, desertions, and ideological disputes caused rebel groups to break into smaller armed bands.
In that case, the high court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines that businesses could use standard-form contracts to forbid consumers from banding together in a single arbitration.
