Chomsky believes that the freedom to challenge authority is not exactly an opportunity, but rather a responsibility, and this is precisely what he does by utilizing the platform provided by this specific form of journalism, namely the opinion columns where contributors express their views freely.

These short essays, which have sparked heated discussions, represent a comprehensive collection of the opinion articles the author has written to date for the New York Times agency, allowing them to reach readers through their own popular daily newspaper.

Chomsky demonstrates that he can speak persuasively about the essence of today's contradictions, deceptions, and hidden horrors in just a few hundred words, in the same way that he can with hundreds of pages.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]