The world was warned of extremely severe dangers unless urgent steps are taken to deal with global warming.

The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

There are very deep and restrictive principles that determine the nature of human language and are rooted in the specific character of the human mind

In the sciences particularly the large public universities must and do take an active role in fostering creativity and independence; otherwise the fields will wither, and along with them even the aspirations of wealth and power.

If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?

Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.

When I was a college student and I got interested in linguistics the concern among students was, this is a lot of fun, but after we have done a structural analysis of every language in the world what's left? It was assumed there were basically no puzzles.