Significance

The written word is an invaluable human tool for sharing information and ideas between members of a generation, as well as for passing along information and ideas from one generation to the next; that being said, we must always be aware of the fallibility of any particular text, especially in light of the evolving human condition.

Original Content

• The Written Word in the 21st Century
• Religion, Storytelling and Art
• Religious Freedom
• Free Speech at the Crossroads
• The Progressive Problem
• Why I Use Markdown (And Why You Should Too)
• Playing with Language and "Settin' the Woods on Fire"

Quotations

• Amusing ourselves to death
• A book is a man's best friend
• Books are key to understanding the world
• A continuous effort to make sense of things
• The Enormous Extension of our Being
• Ignorant and Free
• Myth-Makers
• The only sensible procedure for a critic
• The Only Sign of Mental Activity
• Politics and the Debasement of Language
• Symbolic Language
• Television mesmerizes people
• Terrible with raisins in it
• That Magical Honeycomb of Words
• Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love
• We Need a Place to Stand
• When I get a little money I buy books