Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just crazy.

Not only who am I, but who are we? And where are we going? It's the "we." It's the social connections that are special to human beings.

Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet the attention of everyone to understand where we've come from and where we might be going. We need to understand the world around us if we are to succeed as a species on the planet.

Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.

Most of life on Earth has a deep past, much deeper than ours. And we have benefited from the distillation of all preceding history, call it evolutionary history if you will.

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.

If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.