Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more.

If an outsider perceives 'something wrong' with a core scientific model, the humble and justified response of that curious outsider should be to ask 'what mistake am I making?' before assuming 100% of the experts are wrong.

Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.

In historical fact, all of history's despots, combined, never managed to get things done as well as this rambunctious, self-critical civilization of free and sovereign citizens, who have finally broken free of worshipping a ruling class and begun thinking for themselves. Democracy can seem frustrating and messy at times, but it delivers.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.