folk theory of essences, 104, 117

Forbes, Charles, 143–144

foreign policy, 158, 160, 163, 172

Fortune Magazine, 192, 194, 196

framers, 2, 4, 136–140, 172–173, 197

France, 2

fraud, 143, 146, 212, 215, 220, 223, 228, 250, 256–259

funds, 13, 25, 27–29, 77, 81, 83, 85, 147, 161–162, 166, 184–185, 200, 249, 258

fund-raising, 13, 26, 74, 81, 83–84, 169, 186, 194, 196, 200

Gallup, 277–278, 297, 328n52

Germany, 57, 79

Gingrich, Newt, 81, 167

GOP, 250, 256

government

borrowing, 38

confi dence in, 39

executive branch, 42, 44, 48, 159, 179, 181, 193, 310, 322

ideals, 18–19

role, 19

skepticism toward, 19

spending, 38

Grant, Ulysses S. (president), 5, 136, 140–142, 145, 170–171

grassroots mobilization, 13

Halliburton, 12, 81, 170

Harding, Warren G. (president), 5, 136, 142–145, 171

Hastert, Dennis, 283

Hauser, Marc, 121

honesty. See also dishonesty, 43, 45, 54, 58, 103, 166, 198, 285, 289, 297–298, 301n20

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA), 180–181, 198

House Judiciary Committee, 149, 153, 169

House of Representatives, 1–2, 13, 144, 148, 169, 218, 250, 283, 315

House Subcommittee of Civil

Service, 159

Housing and Urban Development

(HUD), 159

Hyde, Henry, 168–169

hypocrisy, 82, 90n27, 315

ideology, 3, 112, 171, 211, 218

immigration, 289, 291–293

impeachment, 2, 4, 144, 149–152, 154–155, 163, 166, 168–169, 171, 173, 214, 225, 234, 251–252, 278, 282

incumbents, 13–14, 25–26, 28, 184, 246, 293

Indiana, 259–260

individualism, 17, 20, 137

individualists, 19–20, 29

inequalities, 80

information age, 103

institutions, 12, 18, 20–21, 24, 29, 37, 39–41, 43, 45–47, 52–53, 56–59, 105, 108, 115, 140, 153–154, 172, 180, 186, 189, 198–199, 201, 247, 263–264, 288, 299

interest groups, 178, 180, 182–187, 192, 195, 198–201, 296

Iran-Contra affair, 77, 164

Iraq, 13, 43, 48, 77, 170, 288–289, 291–293

Israel, 2, 160–161, 196