Science that fails to embrace all living beings is far more dangerous than any virus!
I love my country. I love my family. And I have dedicated my life to both of them.
There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.
Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.
I don't want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded.
The issue is we're losing leverage. Governments are increasingly getting more power and we are increasingly losing our ability to control that power, and even to be aware of that power.
Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don’t have to be foreign countries.
Every day it gets easier to look into my own eyes on the mirror and say, "I love you just the way you are. "
My heart bleeds for them when someone gets killed. But it’s their own fault at the end of the day.
I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
If you enjoy books with happy endings than you are better off reading some other book.