In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking.

The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.

I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I don't think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok?

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.

I'm at peace with what I've been able to accomplish, not only domestically but abroad, and what I was able to do on the international level.

The Stop The War Coalition is a sort of home to Jew-haters because its hate music about Israel is so catchy.

For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.