In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

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I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

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 come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

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...

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...