I received a letter from Harrisburg that there might be a little hold-up because the historical society didn't approve something with the renovation,

There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.

We're puzzled because the president has made a major part of his economic program an ownership society. What we are doing every day is helping people open businesses and grow their businesses.

Certainly I never write for utilitarian reasons - to help others understand issues, to improve society and so on. I regard those as fatuous pretexts. Let us keep social work out of the theatre.

A professional society that has strong ties to both the industrial and research communities would be invaluable. Enhancing the R&D contribution to ISA would enhance benefits to all ISA Members. This could help make ISA more competitive as a professional society as the economy continues to struggle.

American society as a whole has a very short memory. There are a lot of things we don't know or have allowed ourselves to forget. I was visiting a high school, Seward High School, in 1987, and one of the students in the classroom thought that slavery had ended in 1960. He was very serious about it.