The US is to an unusual extent a business-run society, where short-term concerns of profit and market share displace rational planning.

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

Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.

Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

Welsh is now almost a national language in Wales. The Scottish dialects are reviving to some extent. I don't think it's a major thing, but it's there, and it's happening elsewhere.

It's commonly assumed that the emergence of language was a key element of the great leap. We of course know very little about the sociopolitical conditions that existed at the time, but there's no scenario I can think of that suggests how a sudden change in these conditions could have led to the emergence of language.

Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?