In Science, Modesty And Genius Do Not

American Public Opinion, As You Can See In The Polls, Radically Changed From Being Against Airstrikes To Being Heavily In Favor That [president Obama] Decided To Do Airstrikes. This Is A Classic Example Of Leading From Behind Where He Waits For Public Opinion. And Now It's The Public Who's Demanding He Do Something.

Life And Consciousness Are The Two Great Mysteries. Actually, Their Substrates Are The Inanimate. And How Do You Get From Neurons Shooting Around In The Brain To The Thought That Pops Up In Your Head And Mine? There's Something Deeply Mysterious About That. And If You're Not Struck By The Mystery, I Think You Haven't Thought About It.

The International Community Lies At The Center Of The Obama Foreign Policy. Unfortunately, It Is A Fiction. There Is No Such Thing. Different Countries Have Different Histories, Geographies, Necessities, And Interests. There's No Natural, Inherent, Or Enduring International Community.

If We Insist That Public Life Be Reserved For Those Whose Personal History Is Pristine, We Are Not Going To Get Paragons Of Virtue Running Our Affairs. We Will Get The Very Rich, Who Contract Out The Messy Things In Life The Very Dull, Who Have Nothing To Hide And Nothing To Show And The Very Devious, Expert At Covering Their Tracks And Ambitious Enough To Risk Their Discovery.

In The Liberal Remake Of 'casablanca,' The Police Captain Comes Upon The Scene Of The Shooting And Orders His Men To 'round Up The Usual Weapons.' It's Always The Weapon And Never The Shooter.