The surge in right-wing populism and the phenomenon of Trump are related. You can think of them together as the same problem.

The nationalist right have common views. They hate the EU, they hate NATO, they dislike trade, they admire Russia. Many of them are funded by Putin.

The evolution of a bourgeoisie is a healthy phenomenon when it grows and prospers thanks to bourgeois values: hard work, honesty, personal responsibility.

We may be reaching the end of the liberal world order.

Unlike most European countries, the police in the US are decentralized; even the FBI has regional offices. Amending the constitution is a long and tedious process.

Putin is not a mass murderer. But, having said that, he is a product of the KGB, and the KGB was, of course, the secret police force of the Soviet Union.

Connected knowers do not measure other people's words by some impersonal standard. Their purpose is not to judge but to understand.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet neither thirsty nor drunken.

All it takes is a simple choice, a simple decision: no matter what happens, I will create no more pain for myself. I will create no more problems.

Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them have no choice in the matter, and you-because you know how to perform them-have no choice, either

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Failure makes me work even harder.

Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.

The Shield made me realize there were great opportunities for writers in TV.

What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch.

A hunter in love with his prey.