The media have gone berserk." "The media always go berserk. A kid falls off a bike in Montana, they're all over it. Until something else happens. - Jack McDevitt

Politicians always seemed to be willing to sacrifice the general welfare to win votes.

Max was the exception. He had no taste for military life or for the prospect of getting shot at. His father, Colonel Maxwell E. Collingwood, USAF (retired), to his credit, tried to hide his disappointment in his only son. But it was there nonetheless, and Max had, on more than one occasion, overheard him wondering aloud to Max’s mother whether there was anything at all to genetics.

The reality is, we don’t want our kids to be smart. We want them to be like us. Only more so.