The most formative time of our lives are the years between birth and age 21, when we explore who we are and learn from those who surround us.
Simple numbers of people of a particular age tell us nothing about the condition of their health, the environment in which they live, and the support systems they can afford to pay for.
The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future workers under age 55 will have their promised retirement benefits cut.
Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.
Traditionally, Medicare's assurance has been that for the elderly and persons with disabilities that they will not be alone when confronted with the full burden of their health care costs.
We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Family is everything, although I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most amazing minds over the years, including Renzo Piano, John Young, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour.
America's got a Darwin problem - and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they 'believe in evolution.'
I feel there should have been some recognition of the Spice Girls at this year's 25th anniversary. We flew the flag for Britain around the globe in the 1990s and we achieved a hell of a lot.
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11, we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.
The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive.
Si possono cancellare i ricordi, forse, ma ciò che abbiamo vissuto ritorna sempre a tormentarci, in una forma o nell'altra
America's prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill.
It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree
It is not easy, she thinks, to make your way in the world while insisting on a new path.
No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.
And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.
His sins seemed to be so few that he was alarmed and groped anxiously for more, knowing he could not be without guilt.
Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them.
[A]lthough wisdom is built on life experience, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.
