We use the official definitions of terrorism. The definitions in the U.S. code, in British law, in U.S. Army manuals and so on. And if you use those definitions it follows instantly that the United States is the leading terrorist state in the world.

Destruction of the environment is not only rational; it's exactly what you're taught to do in college.

Going back to why people don't vote, I presume the main reason is because they understand without reading political science texts that it doesn't make any difference how they vote. It's not going to affect policy, so why bother?

If you sell me a car, we have perhaps made a good bargain for ourselves. But there are effects of this transaction on others, which we do not take into account. There is more pollution, the price of gas goes up, there is more congestion.

I think that has a lot of dangers, as does government surveillance, which is way too high.

The desire for hope and change is easily understandable. In many ways it's even more dramatic in Europe.

It is not a war. It is murder.