Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.

American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation.

I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.

It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.

I regard affirmative action as pernicious - a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white middle-class women.

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature.