When the New York Times revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.

Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.

Some misunderstandings are hard to cure.

In Africa through the 1990s, with notable exceptions in Senegal and Uganda, nearly all the ruling powers denied they had a problem with AIDS.

Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the 70s.

The NSA's business is 'information dominance,' the use of other people's secrets to shape events.

No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.

Most computers today have built in backup software.

I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.

Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.

U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well.

Love elevates the beauty of life.

Food is sort of like the Jewish sense of humor, a defense mechanism. It is one of the things that helped the Jews survive through 2, 000 years of an often very harsh Diaspora.

Cherish the people you love, because you never know when Allah will take them back.

I am like a lemon. I'm pressed for more juice. When I have fun, there's still juice. I am not dried up.

It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.

Bodybuilding is my craft and because it is my craft it dictates how I live. Because it dictates how I live it's not just what I do in the gym but it's also an accepted lifestyle.

A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has the ticket that shows its price.

The good deed you do today, for a brother or sister in need will come back to you some day, for humanity's a circle in deed.