The SBUs have spread like kudzu and are choking off everyone's ability to see what the hell's going on in government.

...In the vast majority of drug experiments, it is not uncommon for none or one or two of hundreds of patients to benefit from the drug.

These human experiments have gone largely unchallenged and unquestioned by Congress, the medical profession, and the scientific community at large.

I would argue that in times of war, sealed lips sink entire democracies. If we don't have access to vital information, we lose everything.

There's no faster way or surer way to consolidate power and disenfranchise critics than to operate in secret. So this plays squarely into the promotion of the unitary executive. That's one factor.

Secrecy doesn't attach to particular parties; it attaches to power. All of the bull work is in place for whomever succeeds. That's my concern.

It will be important to restore those provisions, those disclose provisions, those release provisions so that presidents are indeed held accountable and their information and papers are made public.

The mechanics vary from place to place and from office to office. The handling of SBUs can be different in the same agency just across the hall, one from another. There are virtually no standards.

Gratitude is the key to unlocking the door to abundance.

Everywhere where detestable Islam has not yet driven out the ancient, profound religions of humanity with fire and sword, my ascetic results would have to fear the reproach of being trivial

To live in purpose is to understand the moment of conception

I don't like 'cool telly.'

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.

"Sunday" was the best one I think I made.

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

When I'm writing solitude feels very good. But when I'm not writing it feels lonely... Having a big family solves that problem.

You are alone with everything you love.