My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career.

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Bob Levinson was in Iran serving his government, and Bob Levinson was not well served by his government.

I've had it with those women - women! - who seek to undermine the serious work of women in Israeli politics by describing them as 'attractive and elegant' but utterly vacant.

I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance.