Freedom is not a dirty word

Thank goodness somewhere freedom is not a dirty word.

Defending political freedom in Russia and Britain

Progress

It is amazing to me how much humanity fumbles forward rather than walking there in some kind of straight line. For each of us and all of us together. We often inch forward despite ourselves as much as because of ourselves. It's just the natural human propensity to screw up and the learning that happens as a result.

When people fail to make progress is when they just won't admit their mistakes. Each of us and all of us together. When we just can't even imagine that maybe the problem is us.

And that is how we make progress. When people figure out and when we figure out that it is us and not the other guy. Or when it is all of us and not the asshole who keeps protesting that we're the ones screwing up. Jesus was one such asshole. He happened to be right. And after they killed them, all of those people responsible must have been thinking, "Who's the asshole, now?"