I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?

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The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

I am not a prophet.

I am not a prophet.

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...