In Some Ways, Risk-taking Is

Right Now, America Doesn't Ask Us To Do Anything Besides Pay Taxes. We Don't Even Have To Vote. But As Psychologists Will Tell You, When You Have To Sacrifice For Something, You Value It More. What About National Service For Young People? Everybody Between 18 And 24 Could Spend A Year Or Two Working For This Country In Some Capacity. It'd Be An Amazing Thing. And It Would Mix This Country Racially, Culturally, Economically.

I Think Human Society For Tens Of Thousands Of Years Has Sent Young Men Out In Small Groups To Do Things That Are Necessary But Very Dangerous. And They've Always Gotten Killed Doing It. And They've Always Turned It Into A Matter Of Honor And A Way Of Gaining Acceptance Back Into Society If They Survived.

The Army Might Screw You And Your Girlfriend Might Dump You And The Enemy Might Kill You, But The Shared Commitment To Safeguard One Another’s Lives Is Unnegotiable And Only Deepens With Time. The Willingness To Die For Another Person Is A Form Of Love That Even Religions Fail To Inspire, And The Experience Of It Changes A Person Profoundly.

People Who Do Really Dangerous Tasks Can't Afford To Sit Around And Discuss The Merits Of What They're Doing.

All Journalists Hope That Their Work Will Inspire A Broader Conversation. I Think That's Just What Journalism Is.