It got ugly. People used this as an occasion to vent a large number of grievances.

When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy.

Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating it with doomsday.

People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time.

If you give people literacy, bad ideas can be attacked and experiments tried, and lessons will accumulate.

The stirrings of morality emerge early in childhood. Toddlers spontaneously offer toys and help to others and try to comfort people they see in distress.