There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.

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The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.

Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition...

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition...

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure....

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure....

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many...

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders....

It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders....

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may...

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense...

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense...

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse...

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse...