“Alyx,” she said, “you're going to be a legend.” “I already am, Captain,” she said. - Jack McDevitt

I'm not optimistic," he said. "The issue clearly flies in the face of the First Amendment. People have a right to tell kids whatever they want about religion."
"Do they have a right to push human sacrifice?"
"Of course not, Mac. But this isn't human sacrifice. It's just a church school."
"I'm not sure the effect isn't similar.

One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?

Yes, it was not journalism’s finest hour. But, MacAllister often argued, it never had been.