A nation has to be unified enough that people want to share a government.

Never ascribe to hostility what can be explained by stupidity.

The statements and actions of the Westboro Baptist Church are precisely the sort of offensive, unpopular, marginal viewpoint that the First Amendment was designed from Day One to protect.

Obesity has now reached the point where serious engineering consequences are required.

Are boaters deliberately trying to kill manatees?

It's a far better thing, as well as much easier, for government to act to prevent a disaster, or at least to warn residents loudly and clearly of the potential consequences of their foolish choices.

These bridges have needed fixing for 25 years and they're still operating?

The amount of space TIME used trying to mislead us shows how important the court really is.

It does seem slightly odd that the famous Nobel Peace Prize should go to someone who is famous, more or less, for talking loudly.

A chain of progression - one leads to the next, then the next...