Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of…

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There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man...

There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man...

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the...

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the...

We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our...

We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our...

Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and...

Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and...

Wildness and silence disappeared from the countryside, sweetness fell from the air, not because anyone...

Wildness and silence disappeared from the countryside, sweetness fell from the air, not because anyone...

A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a...

A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a...

We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent.

We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent.

The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we...

The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we...

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence...

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence...

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns...

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns...

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of...

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of...

The perversion of the mind is only possible when those who should be heard in...

The perversion of the mind is only possible when those who should be heard in...

What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else -...

What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else -...

What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself...

What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself...

There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not...

There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not...

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the...

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the...

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be...

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be...

What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Knowledge is gained by gathering data, whereas,...

What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Knowledge is gained by gathering data, whereas,...

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? (Job 12:12)

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? (Job 12:12)