"1984 is Orwell saying goodbye to himself, and an improbably convincing portrait of the erasure of the autonomous indi…"

"In short, "neoliberalism" is not simply a name for pro-market policies, or for the compromises with finance capitalis…"

"For all practical purposes, wheat is civilization. It produces what we euphemistically call the staff of life, a staf…"

"For we Americans, though we are the most restless race in the world, with the possible exception of the Bedouins, alm…"

"Chicago is stupefying. It knows no rules, and I know none by which to judge it. It stands apart from all the cities i…"

"Kansas used to believe in Populism and free silver. It now believes in hot summers and a hot hereafter."

"It was a Native Son who, when asked by an Englishman, visiting the United States for the first time, to name the Seve…"

"The Arkansawyers are of the type of the old Hoosiers, Crackers, Pikers, and the Big Smoky mountaineers. The Hoosiers …"

"Believing that your hypothesis must be correct before all the evidence is gathered encourages you to interpret the ev…"

"In preventative medicine, benefits without risks are nonexistent."