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All human life can be found in an airport. ”
If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history. ”
Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species. ”
Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and a global economy are altering the chemical, geological, and biological properties of the biosphere. ”
Our officials want nothing more than to be at the top of their professional game and make the correct call. That's what they do; that's their living, that's their pride, that's their joy. They don't achieve that because they happen to be human. ”
If speech always wins, even if it's an atomic secret that's going to be broadcast to our enemies, it's easy to make a decision. Speech always wins. But it doesn't... Liberty doesn't always trump equality or equality always trump liberty. ”
We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well. ”
There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed. ”
There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics. ”
I'm trying to use myself and my own flawedness as a metaphor for general human experience. I'm trying to 'stand next to' a subject, whether it's Bobby Knight or Vince Carter, and use that subject to meditate on both him and me. ”