“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“A culture of secrecy is like the bad stench created by cat pee—it is very difficult to get rid of.” — Pierre de Vos Copy Share Image
“What we have witnessed in our own time is the death of universities as centres of critique. Since Margaret Thatcher, the role… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Monotonous talk of the end of American hegemony, the universal cliché of the period, is mostly a way of avoiding mounting a… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“When I was in London in 2008, I spent a couple hours hanging out at a pub with a couple of blokes… — Robert Stacy McCain Copy Share Image
“So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“To permit this gross new revelation to fade, or be forgiven, would be to devalue our most essential standard of what constitutes… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The reality is that only one or two aspects of your offering have real value to your customers. The rest are merely… — Dale Furtwengler Copy Share Image
“These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas.… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“This week, Zuma was quoted as saying, 'When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barbaric,… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
“Here was a temporary solution. Parole would get Mofokeng and Mokoena out of jail as quickly as possible. Other details could be… — Jeremy Gordin Copy Share Image
“Indian cricket, and the youngsters themselves, are dealing with issues inconceivable a few summers ago. Riches and all the attendant temptations are… — Peter Roebuck Copy Share Image
“McChrystal's defenders at the Pentagon were making the case Tuesday that the president and his men—(the McChrystal snipers spared Hillary)—must put aside… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
“New Labour leader Ed Miliband announces plan to 'make this party slightly less unelectable by 2015'. He added: 'I am Ed, the… — Andy Zaltzman Copy Share Image
“The great cause of the new Republican intake is the reduction of the deficit but to anyone seeking evidence of sincere attempts… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“There is no way that the new WikiLeaks leaks don't leave Hillary Clinton holding the smoking gun. The time for her departure… — Jack Shafer Copy Share Image
“The socioeconomic impact of such a minor outburst is due to our technological development (air travel)—a century ago, such an eruption would… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“There wasn't even enough meat to make proper fun of [....] I keep waiting for somebody else to come on TV, maybe… — Stephen Green Copy Share Image
“He has played some outstanding innings in the past, and I've got no [ sic ] confidence whatsoever that he'll come back… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
“And that's just the beginning. More and more, conventional wisdom says that the responsible thing is to make the unemployed suffer. And… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“[W]hat possible purpose does this lashing-out serve? Will activists be shamed into recovering their previous enthusiasm? Will Republicans stop their vicious attacks… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“[T]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“If Feingold does it, if he wins this race in this year, it will not be as just another Democratic senator. It… — John Harrison Nichols Copy Share Image
“So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can't even figure out what Rolling Stone is?… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
