I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors.
From Noam Chomsky
I don't pay a lot of attention to polls.
Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example, though I was barely literate.
In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders.
Rendition is just sending people abroad to be tortured.
As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties.
Israel is a pretty crazy state.
If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if you care only about yourself.
The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
It's a good idea to revitalize community colleges, to cut back, to modify the student loan program so it doesn't go through banks.
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