And now, in the interest of equal time, here is a message from the National

Surround yourself with what you love.

Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh..apologiz e..let go of what you can't change.

If the black box flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn’t the whole airplane made out of that stuff?

I just love it when I hear a little commotion, someone leaving. When I see those doors in the back . . .

The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.

I think there's a little more attention to human needs than to property rights. But I don't think much of political activism. It's so shortsighted. Most people are interested in their own personal comfort. I've said that about environmentalists. I think they care about bike paths and places to park their Volvos, not the planet as an abstraction.