A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.