White male privilege remains alive in America, but the phrase would seem odd, if not infuriating, to a sixty-year-old man working as a Walmart greeter in southern Ohio. George Packer Read Quote
A religion is not just a set of texts but the living beliefs and practices of its adherents. George Packer Read Quote
Often, foreign policy – which, by definition, is largely out of American control – is simply a matter of not doing the wrong thing, the unwise thing. George Packer Read Quote
I spend much too much time on the Web with e-mail and surfing and reading my key sites, and a whole day can go by, and you wonder, ‘What did I do today?’ George Packer Read Quote
The war in Afghanistan is not of a peace with the rest of Obama’s worldview. It’s a holdover from the era that his election was supposed to bring to a close. George Packer Read Quote
The difference between a reporter, a newspaper columnist, a paid speaker, a television personality, a radio talk show host, a blogger, a movie producer, a publicist, and a political strategist, is growing less – and not more – distinct. George Packer Read Quote
I worked as a carpenter for a few years. I began writing. I wrote a book about my time in Africa – that came out in 1988 – called ‘The Village of Waiting.’ George Packer Read Quote
