Our Lives Are Awkward And Fragile And

The Greeks Said Very, Very Extreme Things In Their Tragedies.

I Write About Violence As Naturally As Jane Austen Wrote About Manners. Violence Shapes And Obsesses Our Society, And If We Do Not Stop Being Violent We Have No Future.

It's Politely Assumed That Democracy Is A Means Of Containing And Restraining Violence. But Violence Comes Not From Genes But From Ideas

Violence Is Hidden Within Democratic Structures Because They Are Not Radically Democratic - Western Democracy Is Merely A Domestic Convenience Of Consumerism.

We May Seem Competent, But By The End Of Next Century There Will Be New Deserts, New Ruins.