You Do Not Have To Do Everything

What You Have When Everyone Wears The Same Playclothes For All Occasions, Is Addressed By Nickname, Expected To Participate In Show And Tell, And Bullied Out Of Any Desire Form Privacy, Is Not Democracy; It Is Kindergarten.

Manners Require Showing Consideration Of All Human Beings, Not Just The Ones To Whom One Is Close.

The Whole Country Wants Civility. Why Don't We Have It? It Doesn't Cost Anything. No Federal Funding, No Legislation Is Involved. One Answer Is The Unwillingness To Restrain Oneself. Everybody Wants Other People To Be Polite To Them, But They Want The Freedom Of Not Having To Be Polite To Others.

Honesty Is A Virtue, But Not The Only One. If You're In A Courtroom You Need The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth; In The Living Room, Sometimes You Need Anything But. Often.

Most People Who Work At Home Find They Do Not Have The Benefit Of Receptionists Who Serve As Personal Guards