"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 "There was global warming before people inherited the earth." Mark Cristina "Friar Cam" on EWTN.  March 1st, 2007. "Order is central to the health of the community and of the human soul." Russel Kirk "The Essential Russel Kirk" reviewed in Touchstone, September 2007. "People schooled where discipline is relaxed, histories and philosophies dropped, and English and spelling gradually neglected, they learn to read for entertainment, to dull the mind and excite the passions." David Mills, Editor. "Hot Books" in Touchstone, September 2007. "You can be pitiful or powerful, but you can't be both." Joyce Meyer "Enjoying Everyday Life," September 13th, 2007. "I'm not sure that divisiveness is such a bad thing when the alternative is bland apathetic homogeneity, or state enforced silence." Anthony Esolen, Senior Editor. "Secularism is Divisive" in Touchstone, September 2007. "Man's fallen tendency is to make both black and white into shades of gray and reduce our ability to speak absolutely." David Mills, Editor. "Fade to Gray" in Touchstone, September 2007. "I know what's eating you.  I've heard through the grapevine that you don't give a fig because you think I'm nutty as a fruitcake." Richard Lederer "You Said a Mouthful" in Crazy English, © 1990 "For he's a jolly good fella! For he's a jolly fat barrel! For he's got a brain like a sparrow! And nobody can deny!" A. Nony Mous.