From Where I Stand: There's not much to be learned from those who agree with us. We just go on our merry way, trashing people at large, attacking both friends and competitors, berating our own best thinkers.
From Where I Stand: All candidates need to do, it seems, is to feed our wildest dreams. But without skepticism, democracy is dead. Then there's nothing but monarchy, tyranny and autocracy left.
From Where I Stand: It's time for a new set of virtues, starting with anger. To resolve a conversation, we need to advance it. Anger can do that; anger is energy. Anger is a connector. Most of all, anger is a signal from me to the world about the importance of what I'm concerned about.
From Where I Stand: By this time, we are meant to be able to blend into the world around us -- serene, contented, open -- too grounded interiorly to crave public approval.