The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama.
I will continue to fight for justice, fairness, and constitutional rights until my dying breath.
If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.
Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace. ' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and assertive Jew meant never being able to leave a sigh of relief and say, 'It's over, we are at peace, we can now put down our guard and relax. '
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs.
On television and in the movies, crimes are always solved. Nothing is left uncertain. By the end, the viewer knows whodunit. In real life, on the other hand, many murders remain unsolved, and even some that are 'solved' to the satisfaction of the police and prosecutors lack sufficient evidence to result in a conviction.
The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works
Live, and be happy, and make others so.
Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it.
There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.