I take as my fundamental starting point the fundamental distinction between work and interaction

I take as my fundamental starting point the fundamental distinction between work and interaction

Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades.

From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out.

Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.

Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too.

The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.