The art of politics is to separate actions from consequences

So much for the crusade against drugs . . . all America is actually doing is consolidating its position as the biggest dealer in addictive and lethal substances on the planet, waging war on all rivals, whether they take the form of the Thai domestic tobacco industry or the Colombian cocaine cartels.

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.

The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination.

Pose a political threat to Business As Usual, and sooner or later, mostly sooner, someone will try to kill you.