As the Vietnam War intensified while he was a graduate student, his leftist tendencies strengthened: I am sure that the experience of growing up in the heart of the working class and learning from my parents, and especially from my grandmother ... that life was not especially fair and always full of bad possibilities, helped shape my future take on life.
随着越南战争愈演愈烈，而当时他是一名研究生，他的左派倾向加强了：   我确信，在工人阶级心中成长并从我的父母那里学习，特别是从我的祖母那里学习……使我明白生活并不特别公平，总是充满坏的可能，这有助于塑造我未来的生活。