I think that growing

I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas, cultures, and systems of thought we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word freedom means than I see much evidence of in America. To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American … Read more

It is easy to

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. Dick Cheney

A person shows signs

A person shows signs of clutching on too fast, of being needy, of not hearing the word no, of jealousy, of guarding you and your freedom. But the signs can be so small they skitter right past you. Sometimes they dance past, looking satiny, something you should applaud. Someone’s jealousy can make you feel good. … Read more