The body is the terminal incubator.

The body is the terminal incubator.

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark read more

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.

The significance of that is that it allows us to bridge the gap between the rainy seasons. It gives us read more

The significance of that is that it allows us to bridge the gap between the rainy seasons. It gives us six months' worth of supply, meeting at least up to 25 percent of the region's water demands.

Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and read more

Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and preoccupations have ceased to function, but before they have been replaced with a totally new system of values. It represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and hybrid interregnum that might be called the last gasp of the past.

He came here and he emerged and I didn't and that's all I heard, Fred this and Fred that, ... read more

He came here and he emerged and I didn't and that's all I heard, Fred this and Fred that, ... I was proud of him. He was doing a great job and I wasn't. I got tired of hearing it, but I was proud of him at the same time.

I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.

I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.

These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most read more

These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most investors, who do not want their returns squeezed, would insist that the original transactions are modified to contain risks.

While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country read more

While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country music was filtered through an R&B sensibility.

It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as read more

It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as possible causes of the events which occur in the real world.