Podcasting might be thought of as a form of academic gift

We can contemplate the creation of new kinds of vital texts: curate sociology rather than just write it

Perhaps the difference between a professor and a bus driver is that the professor can say stupid things with complete authority while the bus driver is not authorized to make brilliant insights.

I'm interested in ways of writing about the social world that don't assassinate the life that's in it

We don’t live in a world that suffers from doubt, but one that suffers from certainty, false certainties that compensate for the well of worldly anxieties and worries.

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.

My father was always so mingled with rage at his life.

I think of people as members of an audience. But an audience acts independently of every individual. It's an organism on its own. I focus on that living hydra in the dark.

I don't know where my medals are.

The revolution is like a vessel filled with the pulsating heartbeat of millions of working people.

Al journalism should be investigative, from football to cookery

In responding to a terrorist attack, there are only two choices - take the fight to the enemy or wait until they hit you again. In my estimation, America chose the first.

The purpose of life is to matter and be ever mindful of the opportunities that we can both individually and collectively provide for others.

God forbid you sing about love. It's a lost concept.