Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable read more

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days.

Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days.

It is essential for the public to know that aid is being handled in a non-arbitrary, non-discriminatory manner.

It is essential for the public to know that aid is being handled in a non-arbitrary, non-discriminatory manner.

That is one hard team to guard. If you come out and guard them, they go to the basket, and read more

That is one hard team to guard. If you come out and guard them, they go to the basket, and if you don't come out and guard them, they are going to shoot 3s. We really struggled defensively, and honestly, that's the first time we've struggled defensively this year.

Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and read more

Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and thus burying your poor sardonyx? Such rings are more suited to your legs the weight is too great for fingers

The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, read more

The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth?

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate force—we have failed. We are stuck in the medieval read more

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate force—we have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy had—a life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Pitchers today are only expected to pitch into the sixth inning.

Pitchers today are only expected to pitch into the sixth inning.