Month: June 2012

My father is fond of saying that the problem with human society is that we were born without an operating manual. Clever I thought. Once. But thinking more carefully, I realize it's actually not true at all. We have endless advice passed down through tradition and testament and even tablet that lays out pretty unequivocally

Mandela wrote that true freedom is not just merely casting off your own chains, but living in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. I love that last part because it implies that we have an obligation to do something to assist the general welfare - not just sit back in our