What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.

What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.

The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.

By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word.

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.

The citizen takes his city for granted far too often. He forgets to marvel.

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.