In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our relationships that appears to be increasing rather than decreasing.
Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency.
Surely, we've got a way that we can tinker with this system that shuttles our children from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand-new high-tech prisons.
Dressing up as decrepit old ladies, and even decrepit young ladies, was one of our staples.
We are committed to raising our children as Jews. I knew that it had to start with me at a greater level, at a deeper level, if it was going to be a meaningful example to them.
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
The European Army is our long-term goal. But first we have to strengthen the European Defence Union.
We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.
Black and brown communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by deficiencies in our criminal justice system.
Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient.
Americans are grossly deficient in basic micronutrients and especially those phytochemicals that arm our immune system to fight cancer.
I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?
At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.
Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.
We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.
Our forefathers increased and decreased the influx of peoples because America was building a melting pot and because certain ethnicities often brought with them certain securities and degrees of productivity.
We pay a lot for our court service, but it's not enough. Courts are under-resourced, which leads to delayed justice - particularly in criminal courts.
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.
