But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.
Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.
Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
They say change gets more difficult as we get older - each year we're more stuck in our ways, more reluctant to learn something new.
You want to balance the budget in this country? We change the salary structure for Congress and the President. Every year they don't balance the budget, we don't pay them.
I think the class divide is going to change. I think a lot more working class people are going to get published. It is really class ridden, literature.
I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the course of history.
A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality.
Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and government use of data about people.
Liberals are wrong to think that opposition to health reform is a rejection of big government. If health reform consisted of extending Medicare to everyone, people would be delighted. There are millions of 64-year-olds out there who can hardly wait t...
I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.
The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.
It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.
I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency.
I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.
Back when I was 8 or 9 and wanted to be a nun, I would often stop at church on my way home from school.
I've always been interested in DIY and home renovation - even from my first student flat. I've always left places better than when I moved in.
My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.
