If anything, the genuine human struggles in 'Sicko' raise questions about our society that run much deeper than what passes for political discourse today. Why does such a rich nation let people suffer and die without health care?
Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I've tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips.
It's really easy, once somebody passes away, for the tales about them to become taller, the good ones and the bad ones.
Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.
The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
The Knesset is the parliament that passes the most laws in the world. It's a disaster for the business sector.
The truth is I like the style of playing the ball out and hitting long passes.
I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.
Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.
When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him.
