I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.
Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.
Carl D. Anderson, Scientist (1905) |
Michael D. Barnes, Politician (1943) |
Kitty Carlisle, Musician (1910) |
William Eardley IV, Public Servant (1964) |
Loren Eiseley, Scientist (1907) |
Jennie Finch, Athlete (1980) |
Eduardo Galeano, Journalist (1940) |
Malcolm Gladwell, Author (1963) |
Justin Halpern, Author (1980) |
Al Jardine, Musician (1942) |
Frank Capra, Director (1991) |
Morton Feldman, Composer (1987) |
Pauline Kael, Critic (2001) |
Fanny Kaplan, Activist (1918) |