The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a process of change over the last 20 or 30 years. A civilization ends, another one begins.

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Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

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...

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

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...

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...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

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 U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

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...

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.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

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...

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...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living...

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living...

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we dont like federal agents...

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we dont like federal agents...

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.