We Are Often More Merciful To Our

Of The Four Billion Life Forms Which Have Existed On This Planet, Three Billion, Nine Hundred And Sixty Million Are Now Extinct. We Don't Know Why. Some By Wanton Extinction, Some Through Natural Catastrophe, Some Destroyed By Meteorites And Asteroids. In The Light Of These Mass Extinctions It Really Does Seem Unreasonable To Suppose That Homo Sapiens Should Be Exempt. Our Species Will Have Been One Of The Shortest-lived Of All, A Mere Blink, You May Say, In The Eye Of Time.

I Believe That Political Correctness Can Be A Form Of Linguistic Fascism, And It Sends Shivers Down The Spine Of My Generation Who Went To War Against Fascism.

Gossip ... Was Like Any Other Commodity In The Marketplace. You Received It Only If You Had Something Of Value To Give.

Children Live In Occupied Territory. The Brave And The Foolhardy Openly Rebel Against Authority, Whether Harsh Or Benign. But Most Tread Warily, Outwardly Accommodating Themselves To Alien Mores And Edicts While Living In Secret Their Iconoclastic And Subversive Lives.

Creativity Doesn't Flourish In An Atmosphere Of Despotism, Coercion And Fear.