Politics and War

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.


John Adams

1 hour to save the world

Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, if you have an hour to save the world, spend 55 minutes of it understanding the problem and five minutes of it trying to solve it.

It is the soldier

It is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press. 
It is the soldier, not the poet, 
who has given us freedom of speech. 


It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, 
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. 
It is the soldier, not the lawyer, 
who has given us the right to a fair trial. 


It is the soldier 
who salutes the flag, 
who serves under the flag, 
and whose coffin is draped by the flag, 
who allows the protester to burn the flag. 


-Father Dennis Edward O'Brian

Art Value

"The value of an artwork is rooted in assumptions about the human performance underlying its creation."

-Denis Dutton