The Idea That Teaching Is

Large Numbers Of People Are Broken From The Notion That The System Is Working For People, That The System Is Just Or Humane Or Peaceful.

Agitators, Organizers, Activists, Intellectuals Aren't Bound By Those Rules. We're Not Trying To Figure Out, How Do I Thread This Particular Needle?

Politicians Are Conservative By Nature.

[barack] Obama Doesn't Disappoint Me, Because All During The Campaign He Said, I'm A Pragmatic, Middle-of-the-road, Compromising Politician.

Living In A Bubble As I Said In A Featherbed Of Privilege. That's Why Leaving Home, Leaving The Prep School And Going To The University Of Michigan In The Early '60s Was A Moment Of Awakening And To Go To A Place Like Michigan And To See Suddenly A World In Flames And The Injustices All Around Was Quite A Wake Up Call. I Lasted A Year And A Half At Michigan Before I Dropped Out And Joined The Merchant Marines And I Was A Merchant Marine For My Sophomore Year Then I Came Back To Michigan.