One of the many dreadful aspects of the Kennedy 'legacy' is the now-unbreakable grip of celebrity politics, image-doctoring, stage management, and "torch-passing" rhetoric in general.

Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious.

To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world?

I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves.

To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs.

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.