With globalization and with a lot of power evaporating from the nation-states, the late-19th century established hierarchies of importance, or 'pecking orders' of cultures, presenting assimilation as an advancement or promotion, dissolved.

Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.

The tragedy is what - given the 'right circumstances,' - normal decent folks, like you and me, will do. This is what makes me worry whenever looking on the road that Israel entered and shows no intention of leaving.

The so called "progress," "time marching on," is not a straight line, but a pendulum.

Never paint epic canvases during the revolution, because the revolutionaries will tear them apart.

The planet is full and we will be rubbing shoulders forever. There is nowhere else to go.

A reliable assurance of the right and ability to dismantle the constructed structure must be offered, before the job of construction starts in earnest.