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

Never ascribe to hostility what can be explained by stupidity.

Leaders know that there's nothing as disruptive as information.

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.

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?

What does Mr. Gates plan to do with all the extra people that won't die from malaria now that his foundation has found a cure?

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

Inspecting IDs is a waste of time and money, but it's ideal from the bureaucratic point of view because it doesn't solve the problem.