And don't, above all things, be afraid to think for yourself. In my judgment, nothing has been more disheartening about the contemporary scene during the last several years in America than the growth of the popularity of unreason and of anti-intellectualism. One thinks of those chanting, ...
you need to ask yourself “Why?”“Why am i grieving over my kitten?” Then you need to think carefully about you answer. Is it because you’ll never see you kitten again, or is it that you are lonely without you kitten?
I think it’s important to remember that my ability to make that choice is a luxury not afforded to everyone. Women and girls are still beingforcedinto marriages they wouldn’t choose for themselves, sometimes to men who are physically and sexually abusive to them. My ability...