And what is said in books, then, is silence in waiting — ideas pressed into paper.

A cautionary note to Democrats on the tempting allure of taxing religion.

With few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and with science.

A path to 4 more years, forever. A thought experiment.

If not a money-making proposition, then what good is democracy for?

Freedom of speech becomes a burden when its values are abused.

Revolutions live from collective heroism, whereas schisms need but a single martyr.

Violence may be an ungentlemanly affair, but restraint is a fleeting virtue.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... Or the one.

The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable.