Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

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I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...