Many agree that the worst thing that could ever happen is if Russia and China get closer.Donald Trump
Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence, accident, or disease.Steven Pinker
America had, for one thing, lived in anarchy for - until much more recently than Europe. We had the Wild West, where the cliche of the cowboy movies was the nearest sheriff is 90 miles away, and so you had to pack a gun and defend yourself.Steven Pinker
Like the early days of the Internet, the dawn of personal genomics promises benefits and pitfalls that no one can foresee.Steven Pinker
The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the Iranian push towards nuclear capability is calculated to deter invasions like the kind deposing Saddam Husain.Steven Pinker
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.Henry David Thoreau
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.Henry David Thoreau
We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some weeks nearer to the New, but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad, flapping American ear will be that the Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.Henry David Thoreau