So, you could often say things are terrible and that accounts for what happened, or things are really bright, and that accounts for what happened. Of….

There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional….

The hero of the beloved Star Wars trilogy is Luke. The principle dynamic is the complicated relationship between Luke and his father. Not coincidenta….

Wikipedia works because those who know the truth are usually more numerous and committed than those who believe in a falsehood..

There are bursts of things like Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan or Franklin Delano Roosevelt or same-sex marriage that change very much what we thou….

I think that every state in the union should recognize same-sex marriage..

It's deeply human to do both the worst things and the best things because of your fear of loss..

We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law..

Because those who hold conspiracy theories typically suffer from a crippled epistemology, in accordance with which it is rational to hold such theori….

The idea that Taylor Swift would become the giant pop icon of 2015, 2016 - she's really good, but I don't think it's written in the stars..

If you take anything that succeeded, just imagine it succeeding 10 years before or 10 years after, you could almost always make, with the same plausi….

I am proud to say that the Federalist Society was founded in part at the University of Chicago, and one of its best characteristics has been an attac….

Some of the Hulk movies have been merely okay. I think the thing to do... there has to be some stab that makes it something we haven't seen before..

Government agents (and their allies) might enter chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine percolating c….

My own view is that institutions are a glory, and for all their imperfections, something really to be proud of. It is true that things can be a lot b….

It's fair to say that there's something retrograde about putting the leader of Star Wars rebellion in the position of "slave in a bikini." There's no….

Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social ….

I have talked to Barack Obama about Star Wars recently, in the Oval Office, and he is definitely a fan. Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution crea….

I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of ….

Those subject to capital punishment are real human beings, with their own backgrounds and narratives. By contrast, those whose lives are or might be ….

Groups become more extreme and entrenched in their beliefs and polarized from others when members only exchange information that reinforces their vie….