The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

I feel John Peel was somebody that we could all trust. Throughout his life, he gave people a sense of read more

I feel John Peel was somebody that we could all trust. Throughout his life, he gave people a sense of a bigger world out there.

Sixty percent of the fish consumed in Iraq in 1990 was from the marshes.

Sixty percent of the fish consumed in Iraq in 1990 was from the marshes.

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: read more

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East.] The secret is out, ... There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.

The gap in health between white and black Americans has been estimated to cause 84,000 excess deaths in a year read more

The gap in health between white and black Americans has been estimated to cause 84,000 excess deaths in a year ... a virtual Katrina every week,

I was in a weird head space, I was not myself, for sure. I was kind of running around, crazy, read more

I was in a weird head space, I was not myself, for sure. I was kind of running around, crazy, experiencing things for the first time. That was the first time I had really broken things, and it felt so good - *beep*ing great.

We can provide any number of medical [or] social work interventions.

We can provide any number of medical [or] social work interventions.

Whatever the results of the referendum are ... it is a civilized step that aims to put Iraq on the read more

Whatever the results of the referendum are ... it is a civilized step that aims to put Iraq on the path of true democracy.

People got the right to know they live next door to a dog that's declared dangerous.

People got the right to know they live next door to a dog that's declared dangerous.