A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a read more

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.

[it's strange to think of yourself as an only child and then suddenly find yourself with three siblings. Does Adie read more

[it's strange to think of yourself as an only child and then suddenly find yourself with three siblings. Does Adie ever feel like an outsider when the rest share a history that she doesn't?] Curiously, I went to a wedding quite near the start, and when we got to the church this charming man came up and said, 'Bride or groom?' ... Groom! You're with the groom!

It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that read more

It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime.

Mississippi officials have taken some important first steps toward reform, ... Despite some initial progress, we have been unable to read more

Mississippi officials have taken some important first steps toward reform, ... Despite some initial progress, we have been unable to obtain agreement on an in-court settlement.

We had a couple glitches in the beginning with the machines. But there were no major problems. I think the read more

We had a couple glitches in the beginning with the machines. But there were no major problems. I think the only major issue was intimidation with the machines. Some people tried to make it harder than it was.

I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously read more

I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously a direct driver of inflation.

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a read more

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

The robin population is variable from one winter to the next.

The robin population is variable from one winter to the next.

He asked me if we could please sit down and talk to each other, Nobody more than I wants this read more

He asked me if we could please sit down and talk to each other, Nobody more than I wants this to be straightened out.