Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

Air doesn't conduct electricity as well. When it happens, it's called a lightning bolt and you don't need special receptors read more

Air doesn't conduct electricity as well. When it happens, it's called a lightning bolt and you don't need special receptors to sense it.

Toughness played a much bigger role on those teams. We had eight legitimate fighters. I helped with that toughness.

Toughness played a much bigger role on those teams. We had eight legitimate fighters. I helped with that toughness.

The market is still not pricing in enough Fed tightening.

The market is still not pricing in enough Fed tightening.

I'm in. It was prom, the whole thing is like a movie, so making it into a movie ... it read more

I'm in. It was prom, the whole thing is like a movie, so making it into a movie ... it was like the whole point of the night.

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as read more

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.

If I had to put my money on it, ... I'd say he's not going to read it. He might read more

If I had to put my money on it, ... I'd say he's not going to read it. He might leaf through it. He's not going to sit down and read it.

I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my read more

I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family.