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

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

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...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

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...

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...

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...

Language is clumsy, understanding is subjective, religion is obstructive. We must rise above these obstacles...

Language is clumsy, understanding is subjective, religion is obstructive. We must rise above these obstacles...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run...

Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run...