To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

It’s not that Egypt doesn’t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients.

We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for people who are not good at using words.

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

I don't think history will ever be a science because history will never be reduced to law-like behavior. People are to unpredictable.

Donald Trump appalls me. I won't be shy about that.

You have got to have two things in education reform. You have got to have some flexibility, so people can figure out what to do. But you also have to have accountable, basically what the Common Core standards were, some sort of set of national standards, so we can measure.