There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people could be an electoral base to keep them in power.

Power has to be protected from scrutiny. That's the principle of every dictatorship, of every autocracy. You hear it from high priests at Harvard and every government department, that power has to be kept secret otherwise it will fade and it won't work. But Bradley Manning is violating that principle.

The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.

You have to love that government, but hate the government that might work in your interest and that you could control. That's an interesting propaganda task, but it's been carried out very well.

Women didn't have rights. Under British common law, women were property.

Labor #‎ Unions are the leading force for #‎ democratization and #‎ progress .

The United States is going to continue to punish Iran because of its defiance.