Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
Dog movies nowadays are not what dog movies were 50 or even 10 years ago. For one thing, the dogs have become better actors.
At first an ordeal and then an accomplishment, the daily run becomes a staple, like bread, or wine, a fine marriage, or air. It is also a free pass to friendship.
Running has thrown me into adventures that I would otherwise have missed.
It's too easy only to blame the militarists, racists, sexists and other pushers of violence for the mess we're in. What is harder is self-examination, moving beyond caring by looking inward to ask the personal question: What more should I be doing everyday to bring about a peace and justice based world, whether across the ocean or across the living room?
Make thy books thy companions. Let thy cases and shelves be thy pleasure grounds and gardens.
Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
For the fifth year in a row, the Bush budget cuts city core services to pay for wealthy tax breaks. And once again, the mayor's requests were not funded.