The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

John Kerry's position and my position are not very different about what we would do. Interestingly enough, neither is George read more

John Kerry's position and my position are not very different about what we would do. Interestingly enough, neither is George Bush's position because George Bush adopted John Kerry's position after John Kerry won the primaries.

This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating

This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

When Bush had an opportunity to capture or kill bin Laden, he took his focus off of him, outsourced the read more

When Bush had an opportunity to capture or kill bin Laden, he took his focus off of him, outsourced the job to Afghan warlords and bin Laden escaped.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States, not regime change in Iraq read more

What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States, not regime change in Iraq or South East Asia or the Balkans. A foreign war is a wonderful lollipop to stuff in the mouth of a possibly quarrelsome press.

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. read more

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.