It is no solution to define words as violence or prejudice as oppression, and then by cracking down on words or thoughts pretend that we are doing so….

What we have done over the last 40 or 50 years is systematically attacked and weakened the parties, the political machines, the professionals, and in….

Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, mo….

Donald Trump didn't cause chaos. Chaos caused Trump..

For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating..

A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, inclu….

I'm okay, you're okay - in small doses..

In science we kill our hypothesis instead of each other..

The only thing a true introvert dislikes more than talking about himself is repeating himself..

In a liberal scientific society, to claim that you are above error is the height of irresponsibility..

We started tearing down the seniority system on Capitol Hill. All of that begins in the '70s. It accelerates and continues in the '90s, and it's goin….

Leave an extrovert alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts ….

If every negotiation is conducted in public, then the minute one person says, well, what if we try this, next thing you know, the interest groups hav….

To get people to compromise, you have to give them stuff..

We don't have a crisis of leadership in Washington. We have a crisis of followership..

Parties and political systems used to be about excluding renegades who would never play well with others in government. Now it's actually systematica….

There were big problems with every system, and there always have been..

More non-fringe, non-radical homosexuals emerge into public view every day. As the stereotype of the homosexual as antisocial deviant crumbles, a (po….

Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most genuinely d….

Compromise is what it's got to be all about when you're governing, because no one is ever going to have a big enough majority to just do what they wa….

After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression..