There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a reject...
International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; other...
Religion is based on the idea that God is an imbecile.
The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.
In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society. In America, the professor talks to the mechanic....
Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amount of privilege and therefore we have a huge amount of responsibility. We live in free societies whe...
In fact, most of what they're calling crime is a kid caught with a joint in his pocket. Why do people think of that as the problem?
In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress 'suspects.'
It is quite possible--overwhelmingly probable, one might guess--that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology
In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.
Well before September 11, it was understood that with modern technology, the rich and powerful will lose their near monopoly of the means of violence and can expect to suffer atrocities on home soil.
One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson's investment theory of politics, as he calls it - very outstanding political economist - which essentially - I mean, to say it in a sente...
Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you.
It is pretty ironic that the so-called 'least advanced' people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to...
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions. An infant learning truncated English would have no idea about...
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven - that's none of my business, ultimately. I won't lectur...
That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything.