Dhliwayo. Xinindlu. Malloy.   True leaders are givers, not takers; builders, not destroyers; doers, not talkers; encouragers, not flatterers; lovers, not haters; warriors, not worriers; forgivers, not shamers; performers, not complainers; achievers, not quitters;…

Lewis. Chisholm. Cooper.   Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom…

Carlin. Mauro. Marx.   Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren't they? They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you're born, you're on your own.…

Twain. Milne. Rousseau. Haudenosaunee.   In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at…

7 October   2001  /  The United States invades Afghanistan with an air assault and covert ground assault. America's 20-year war begins.   1996  /  Fox News broadcasts for the first time.   1952 …

Ebenstein/Fogelman. Kohn. Lasch. In the United States, anxiety over preserving one's threatened status has been one of the main psychological forces exploited by the radical right and by fascists groups. This status anxiety has…

Hobbes. Spinoza. TFG.   Desire of knowledge, and of arts of peace, inclineth men to obey a common power; for such desire, containeth a desire of leisure; and consequently protection from some other power…

Doesn't Take Much To Piss Us Off Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not…

Mark Twain. Dalai Lama. Isaac Asimov.   In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the…

H.L. Mencken. Hunter S. Thompson. John Lewis.   In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common…