Will this massive outcry [about pollution] continue long enough to have effective results? Will federal and state laws be enacted with effective enforcement clauses? Will people be concerned long enough to pay the bill through higher prices? Will towns tole lost jobs when it proves too costly to clean obsolete plants?... I think so, but it sure won't be as easy as the present outcry and political oratory suggest. The answers to preserving a livable environment are not all simple, and some of the nuts now pushing simplistic cure-alls won't help bring about any lasting solutions.

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

Enlightening editorial writers is even more difficult than educating educators.

The Palm is a joint for sadists to entertain masochists.

The art of conversation lies in listening.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

Nobody can make anybody be someone he or she doesn't want to be.