I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

Employers love cheap labor, but a country should train its own people.

Politics is a love-hate relationship. I sure know that.

America with 4% of the world's population has 50% of the worlds lawyers .... tort lawyers love to point out that 1% of America's health care cost is used to pay malpractice insurance ... but most doctors practice defensive medicine to avoid malpractice litigation ... these costs are not included in the 1% number above.

To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

I think modern societies have to ask a very basic question: What strategies buy the most health for people? Doctors can do so many marvelous things now. They can keep a corpse alive, almost.

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.