Occupation: Linguist Birth: December 7, 1928
My position is that we should not succumb to irrational belief..
The US has been the leading terrorist state in the world for many years..
In the case of Yugoslavia v. NATO, one of the charges was genocide. The U.S. appealed to the court, saying that, by law, the United States is immune ….
I think there was an overemphasis in the early stage on militarization rather than directly providing relief. I don't think it has any long-term sign….
To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton administration, though neit….
All you have to do is read the business literature. In the 1930s they were very frightened and they were concerned about how the rising power of the ….
There is a phrase in trade theory; it's called "kicking away the ladder." First you violate the rules - the market rules - and then by the time you s….
I have never heard of anyone who was a "model person" in all aspects of his or her life, intellectual life or other aspects; nor do I see why anyone ….
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia - that saved tens….
That's a point that Dan Ellsberg has made for years. He said it's kind of like if you and I go into a grocery store to rob it, and I have a gun. The ….
I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a r….
Of course, everybody says they're for peace. Hitler was for peace. Everybody is for peace. The question is: What kind of peace?.
Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused funds from your bank acco….
Human physical structures and intellectual structures are generally studied in different ways. The assumption is that physical structures are genetic….
It's true that many say that [they] object to the idea of "human nature," but it's not clear what that is supposed to mean. Are we different from ant….
The Russian ambassador at the United Nations did make some proposals for a political settlement in which Bashar Assad would be slowly eased out. The ….
The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets who were jailed and driven into the desert..
As far as DSA is concerned, I'm perfectly happy to be associated with it while disagreeing with a large part of the leadership..
The Republicans went so far to the right that they just can't get votes. They've become a dedicated party of the very rich and the corporate sector..
To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public..
Anything feasible and potentially effective should be explored..