Roger Ebert

We are the playthings of the gods.

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines.

Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised.

There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy.