The intellectual world is deeply conformist... We talk a lot about the crimes of others. When it comes to our own crimes, we are nationalists in the ….

I don't have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had..

My grandchildren are on social media all the time, and they think they have friends. But it's not what I would've called a friend, ever..

Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition..

Anyone in a position to overcome barriers to free thought and communication should do so..

I just don't care about popular culture. It looks to me pointless and superficial. If I had free time I'd rather read a 19th century novel..

Technology provides means for expression and interchange and so on, so yes it should be free and open, but there are a lot of constraints on how its ….

If current tendencies persist, the outcome will be disastrous before too long. Large parts of the world will become barely habitable affecting hundre….

Just media alone is not enough. You have to have organization..

Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: 'What is the scientific statu….

Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature..

[Camillo] Berneri proposed that the anarchists should link up with the effort of Northern Africa to overthrow the Spanish government, carry out land ….

Now, you ban not the whole Muslim world. You ban seven states, seven states that have not been responsible for a single terrorist act. Those are the ….

One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop..

If [climate change ] became a serious proposal in the United States, there would be a huge propaganda onslaught by the business community, the energy….

Poor whites didn't have rights. They made all kind of restrictions on voting. So person meant relatively well - off, free white man..

The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation..

If you read people like say Bruce Blair one of the leading, most sober, knowledgeable specialists, he says, look, [Donald Trump] statements are all o….

The country was founded on the principle that primary role of government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains..

Even Stalin proclaimed his love for democracy. We do not learn about the nature of systems of power by listening to their rhetoric..

The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern public relati….