Expressing criticism of society is not being a grouch.

[Francisco Franco] said they should resort to guerrilla war. Which has a history in Spain.

It's true that language is in a sense linear but that is as obvious as perceptual space is three-dimensional.

Bradley Manning should be regarded as a hero. He is doing what an honest, decent citizen should be doing: letting your population know what the government, the people who rule you are doing. They want to keep it secret of course.

The country was founded on the principle that primary role of government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains.

If you're in a system where you must make profit in order to survive. You are compelled to ignore negative externalities, effects on others.

It is one thing for the institution to offer space for serious engagement, in thought and action, and to encourage free and independent use of such opportunities; it is something else for the university to become engaged as an institution, beyond a fairly narrow range where true consensus exists, and even that raises questions.