parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences.
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens.
If there are still honest-smart men and women within those old and noble traditions, they should think carefully, observe and diagnose the illness. They should face the contradiction. Discuss the conflation. And then do as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and many others have done. Choose the miracle of creative competition over an idolatry of cash. They should stand up.
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original.
The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.
Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.
It seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities.
Coffee in England is just toasted milk.
The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another.
One of the most beautiful things we can give our child is music education.