I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day.

Never try to have the last word. You might get it.

A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival".

Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything - you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.

I also think there are prices too high to pay to save the United States. Conscription is one of them. Conscription is slavery, and I don't think that any people or nation has a right to save itself at the price of slavery for anyone, no matter what name it is called. We have had the draft for twenty years now; I think this is shameful. If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say: Let the damned thing go down the drain!