Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, read more

Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake.

In the last couple years, a lot of resources in the IRS are going to enforcement.

In the last couple years, a lot of resources in the IRS are going to enforcement.

It really put us on ... the mass consumer map,

It really put us on ... the mass consumer map,

For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world read more

For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not legible, but audible. Our science has always desired to monitor, measure, abstract, and castrate meaning, forgetting that life is full of noise and that death alone is silent: work noise, noise of man, and noise of beast. Noise bought, sold, or prohibited. Nothing essential happens in the absence of noise.

He's had little flashes where he looks like a big-league pitcher again. But he knows his command is not where read more

He's had little flashes where he looks like a big-league pitcher again. But he knows his command is not where he wants it to be.

We handle about 5,000 cases a year, and the average is about 50 percent. That's up from 2003, when health read more

We handle about 5,000 cases a year, and the average is about 50 percent. That's up from 2003, when health care was the main issue in about 45 or 46 percent of our cases.

Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be read more

Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.

Yeah, I played center field.

Yeah, I played center field.

Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't read more

Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing.