I suppose frogs pay no attention to being frogs. They take it for granted. What interests a frog are differences among frogs. From our point of view they are more or less the same, from their point of view they are all radically different.

Stephen Colbert's recent comment is apropos: When the Republican legislature of North Carolina responded to a scientific study predicting a threatening rise in sea level by barring state and local agencies from developing regulations or planning documents to address the problem, Colbert responded: "This is a brilliant solution. If your science gives you a result that you don't like, pass a law saying the result is illegal. Problem solved."

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues and that's not their concern.

The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.

There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism.

We're looking at the dawn of a new arms race. For example, Germany technically opposes the US space militarization program, but is bound to get involved. Otherwise it will be left behind in the development of advanced technology. Germany understands that very well. The US understands it too, and they fully expect that Germany and other countries that they want on board will go along with the program.

To understand how people organize social systems, we have to discover the principles that we create to make some societies intelligible.