The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.

History at its best is vicarious experience.

A historian should not be didactic-that is a word that makes my blood run cold.

Who would think it possible to redirect historical scholarship by explaining what Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence?

The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people, ' who created the government that Americans still live under.

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.

Welcome as the flowers in May.

Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?

I just like doing it, I like writing.

There is a certain right by which we many deprive a man of life, but none by which we may deprive him of death; this is mere cruelty.

The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Find your speed, maintain your velocity, keep it up, keep it consistent, and stay in the pocket.

The only reason to write is from love.

I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise.