The United States is unique among the rich countries, developed countries, in not having some kind of a national health-care system.

Obama's latest line is that he didn't establish a "red line" but the world did through its conventions on chemical warfare.

Expressing criticism of society is not being a grouch.

Virtually all informed observers agree that a fair and equitable resolution of the plight of the Palestinians would considerably weaken the anger and hatred of Israel and the US in the Arab and Muslim worlds - and far beyond, as international polls reveal. Such an agreement is surely within reach, if the US and Israel depart from their long-standing rejectionism.

People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those who are rich and privileged.

If you owned everything and a tiny little piece gets out of control, then your world's gone. Like some unusual child who has a million toys and one of them is stolen, he's going to perish.

I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to.