Roosevelt vs. Roosevelt -- Denying The 'Big Stick'
"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Education
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." -- Anatole France Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 8, 2005
The Drive To Learn (Peter Jennings' Legacy)
"I learned something today, and I want to tell you about it." -- Aaron Brown, host of CNN's Newsnight, commenting on ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings' attitude toward learning and his wish to share the knowledge (Jennings himself was a high school dropout). Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Know Your Enemy
"The better rule is to judge your adversaries from their standpoint, not from our own." -- Robert E. Lee Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Moving To Atlanta from Richmond
"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything." -- Charles Kuralt Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Perspective vs. Perspective
"What the West sees as tragic brutality practiced by despairing or deviant individuals is perceived in much of the Muslim world as an heroic act of self-sacrifice, patriotism, and worship, an act to be greeted not with condemnation and revulsion, but with awe, respect, and a determination to... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Perspective On The Iraqi Invasion
"Bin Laden must be laughing in his grave or cave... What was unthinkable 18 months ago has happened. The U.S. has alienated those in the Islamic world who were its best hope." -- Professor Gerges Fawaz, The Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2003 Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 18, 2005
How Many Can Say This Of Their Education?
"I was never much good at doing what I was supposed to when it came to being educated." -- Ted Kooser, The Poetry Home Repair Manual, Poet Laureate of the United States and 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner ( Delights & Shadows ) Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 14, 2005
The Bush Administration At 90%
"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." -- Henry Kissinger Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Power And Fear
"It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable." -- Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind Sign in to see full entry.