My annual review is now complete. Obviously I think it's all good, but here's my take on the best of the best:
It's good to have a plan, but if something extraordinary comes your way, you should go for it.
The question to ask is not, Are we safer? The question to ask is, Are we better off?
There are great benefits to connectedness, but we haven't wrapped our minds around the costs.
I'm not saying we should stop, but I think we should at least examine which lies we tell and why.
It's not about left or right, it's about right and wrong.
Being "always on" is being always off, to something.
In our unending search for panaceas, we believe that happiness and "success" -- which, loosely translated, means money -- are the things to strive for. People are constantly surprised that, even though they have acquired material things, discontent still gnaws.
If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.
In all his speeches, John McCain urges Americans to make sacrifices for a country that is both "an idea and a cause". He is not asking them to suffer anything he would not suffer himself. But many voters would rather not suffer at all.
Every now and then I meet someone in Manhattan who has never driven a car. I used to wonder at such people, but more and more I wonder at myself.
