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

The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

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

I understand that it's good tactics to categorize me as a close-minded, unobjective extremist, but nobody that respects me has those views.

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.

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

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