Who can know from the word goodbye what kind of parting is in store for us.

It's being made out that the whole point of the war was to topple the Taliban regime and liberate Afghan women from their burqas, we are being asked to believe that the U.S. marines are actually on a feminist mission.

At times there's something so precise and mathematically chilling about nationalism.

Build a dam to take away water AWAY from 40 million people. Build a dam to pretend to BRING water to 40 million people. Who are these gods that govern us? Is there no limit to their powers?

Enemies can't break your spirit, only friends can.

Even in the most uneventful of our lives, we are called upon to choose our battles...

There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already been made.