He who controls the media controls the minds of the public.

The whole basis for the US intervention in Colombia is outrageously racist and arrogant.

States are violent to the extent that they have the power to act in the interests of those with domestic power

On abortion: We are talking about ambiguous issues of a complicated kind where you have to balance conflicting interests and concerns.

George Kennan is another extreme case. He was the American consul in Berlin until the war between Germany and the United States broke out in December 1941. And until then he was writing pretty supportive statements back stressing that we shouldn't be so hard on the Nazis if they were doing something we didn't agree with - basically repeating the idea that they were people we could do business with.

One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think - even the activists - that instant gratification is required. You constantly hear: 'Look I went to a demonstration, and we didn't stop the war so what's the use of doing it again?'

If the mutation is partially transmitted to offspring, they too would have the advantage. And over time it might have come to dominate a small breeding group.