There Is Always A Cause

Yes, You Have Cancer. Yes, Your Kids Are On Drugs. Yes, There Is An Elephant Outside Your Tent. Now The Question Becomes, What Are You Going To Do About It? Subsequent Emotions May Not Be Pleasant, But The Hysteria Stops. Hysteria Accompanies An Unwillingness To Look At What Is Really Going On; It Promotes An Unwillingness To Look. We Feel We Are Afraid To Look, When Actually It Is Not-looking That Makes Us Afraid. The Minute We Look, We Cease Being Afraid.

Historically, The Claim Of Consensus Has Been The First Refuge Of Scoundrels; It Is A Way To Avoid Debate By Claiming That The Matter Is Already Settled.

The Extreme Positions Of The Crossfire Syndrome Require Extreme Simplification - Framing The Debate In Terms Which Ignore The Real Issues.

In Science, The Old Men Are Usually Wrong. But In Politics, The Old Men Are Wise, Counsel Caution, And In The End Are Often Right.

Sometimes I Look Around My Living Room, And The Most Real Thing In The Room Is The Television. It's Bright And Vivid, And The Rest Of My Life Looks Drab. So I Turn The Damn Thing Off. That Does It Every Time. Get My Life Back.