Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of peoples and nature.

Truth is fine. Absolutely.

Poor people and working people have not been the focus of the Obama administration. That for me is not just a disappointment but a kind of betrayal.

what I think separates me from most philosophers probably is that I'm a bluesman in the life of the mind, I'm a jazzman in the world of ideas.

I think we must never, ever demonize one another. That's true not just black people to black people; that's human being to human being.

The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak - that gives it an existential emphasis.

If you are always trying to do something for a cause bigger than you - connected with serving others - then it is hard to be guilty.