My Reporting In Africa Wouldn't Be Political

Each Javelin Round Costs $80,000, And The Idea That It's Fired By A Guy Who Doesn't Make That In A Year At A Guy Who Doesn't Make That In A Lifetime Is Somehow So Outrageous It Almost Makes The War Seem Winnable.

The Most Profound Question Is, "what Would I Risk Dying For?" The Natural Answer Is "for My Family." But For Most Of History, We Didn't Live In Families. We Lived In Small Communities That Gave Us Our Sense Of Safety And Place In The World, So The Natural Answer Would Be "for My People." The Blessing And The Tragedy Of Modern Life Is That We Don't Need Our Community To Survive Anymore. When We Lose That Idea, We Lose A Sense Of Who We Are.

I’ve Stopped War Reporting. I Realized That I’d Answered All Of My Questions About War And About Myself.

There Is Some Evidence That Average Wave Heights Are Slowly Rising, And That Freak Waves Of Eighty Or Ninety Feet Are Becoming More Common. Wave Heights Off The Coast Of England Have Risen An Average Of 25 Percent Over The Past Couple Of Decades, Which Converts To A Twenty-foot Increase In The Highest Waves Over The Next Half Century. One Cause May Be The Tightening Of Environmental Laws, Which Has Reduced The Amount Of Oil Flushed Into The Oceans By Oil Tankers.

Firemen Don't Talk About Whether A Burning Warehouse Is Worth Saving.