I don't think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.

I've been interested in the reports on Rojava. It seems clear that there are positive developments.

In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the government - is coming to rob you of your hard-earned money. That's the general attitude, and it's a tremendous victory for the opponents of democracy, and, of course, any privileged sector is going to hate democracy. You can see it in the healthcare debate.

On intervention under the UN framework, I think that sometimes that's legitimate, in fact even helpful.

No sane human being devotes 100% of his or her life to political activism.

The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.

Going back to why people don't vote, I presume the main reason is because they understand without reading political science texts that it doesn't make any difference how they vote. It's not going to affect policy, so why bother?