Discovery, They Believe, Is Inevitable. So They

Personally, I Don't Deal Much In Theory. I Have To Deal With The Facts. And On The Basis Of Facts, I Don't See Much Difference In The Behavior Of Men And Women.

Face The Facts, All These Environmental Organizations Are Thirty, Forty, Fifty Years Old. They Have Big Buildings, Big Obligations, Big Staffs. They May Trade On Their Youthful Dreams, But The Truth Is, They're Now Part Of The Establishment. And The Establishment Works To Preserve The Status Quo. It Just Does.

The Extreme Positions Of The Crossfire Syndrome Require Extreme Simplification - Framing The Debate In Terms Which Ignore The Real Issues.

Kids Didn't Have Huge Backpacks When I Was Their Age. We Didn't Have Backpacks At All. Now It Seemed All The Kids Had Them. You Saw Little Second-graders Bent Over Like Sherpas, Dragging Themselves Through The School Doors Under The Weight Of Their Packs. Some Of The Kids Had Their Packs On Rollers, Hauling Them Like Luggage At The Airport. I Didn't Understand Any Of This. The World Was Becoming Digital; Everything Was Smaller And Lighter. But Kids At School Lugged More Weight Than Ever.

Nobody Dares To Solve The Problems-because The Solution Might Contradict Your Philosophy, And For Most People Clinging To Beliefs Is More Important Than Succeeding In The World.