In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.

The US is a business-run huckster society, and its primary value is deceit.

... the media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a manner supportive of established privilege and limiting debate and discussion accordingly.

In the moral calculus of currently prevailing state capitalism, profits and bonuses in the next quarter greatly outweigh concern for the welfare of one’s grandchildren, and since these are institutional maladies, they will not be easy to overcome. While much remains uncertain, we can assure ourselves, with fair confidence, that future generations will not forgive us our silence and apathy.

Naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk... It's as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes 'Jew' and 'Gypsy.'

You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you know what you are looking for.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.