We must not lose sight of the fundamental issue of policy which is that people who come to the country on visa status must never be abused.

Inequality is not just an issue between individuals, between classes, between regions. It's between urban and rural.

How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

Scar Tissue is the only book Ive ever written when Ive felt completely toxic, ill.

Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis.

There are all kinds of different forms of public service, but there's no form of public service that can make more difference for more people than partisan political activity.