Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. It won't kill everybody, but it would change the world dramatically.

Moral cowardice and intellectual corruption are the natural concomitants of unchallenged privilege.

The US is off the spectrum in religious commitment. It's been increasing since 1980 but it's a major part of the voting base of the Republican Party so that means committing to anti-abortion positions, opposing women's rights.

Those of us lucky enough to have a share of privilege in the more free societies should not be asking this question, but doing something to answer it.

It is a privilege to join the campaign to support Bradley Manning for his courage and integrity in serving his country by helping make the government accountable to its citizens, and to inform the world of what its people should know.

The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining.