Many years later, a psychiatrist friend of mine said something to us. He said, "Respect denial." It's a powerful force.
Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent.
Who besides guys like me are part of the reality-based community?
Message matters. Message matters almost as much as actions.
It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.
Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.