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There are two ways to reduce the federal budget deficit: cut spending and increase revenue. Serious progress will require both. But neither can solve the larger problem behind the nation's budget woes.

Rebecca Solnit’s thesis is that paradise can arise from hell. If I am more pessimistic, perhaps that is due to accounts of natural disaster such as Emma Larkin's in her new book.

"Most Americans would like to see people take care of their own business. On the other hand, most Americans don't like to see tanks crush unarmed crowds."

At my baptism, I giggled.