The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.
People think that it's their sovereign right to download music and not have to pay for it.