I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.

Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law.

The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process.

There’s simply nothing in there that would justify second degree murder.

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs.