The answer to subversion of democracy is more democracy, more freedom, more justice.

Starting with [Ronald] Regan it became quite open, the attack on unions. It wasn't the Pinkertons anymore, but it was just not applying the laws.

To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position.

My position is that we should not succumb to irrational belief.

Iran is independent and independence is not tolerated.

The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is rage and a call for extreme actions. But that does not help the victims. And, in fact, it's likely to harm them.

We are entering a period of human history that may provide an answer to the question of whether it is better to be smart than stupid.