The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.

My memory - faded, as I say - is that Paul Johnson was trying to vilify all intellectuals who were at all critical of the states he worships, and of power generally (except, of course, the power of enemies, which we must denounce, imitating the commissars who are his models, though he doesn't understand it).

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which they have so far survived as dependencies with islands of luxury in a sea of misery.

I think that has a lot of dangers, as does government surveillance, which is way too high.

I don't think that the United States cares. They just assume that North Korea will soon have nuclear weapons.

If you want to end terrorism stop participating in it.