"This planet is haunted by us; the other occupants just evade boredom by filling our skies and seas with monsters."

"I abandoned the extraterrestrial hypothesis in 1967 when my own field investigations disclosed an astonishing overlap…"

"For we Americans, though we are the most restless race in the world, with the possible exception of the Bedouins, alm…"

"Chicago is stupefying. It knows no rules, and I know none by which to judge it. It stands apart from all the cities i…"

"Kansas used to believe in Populism and free silver. It now believes in hot summers and a hot hereafter."

"It was a Native Son who, when asked by an Englishman, visiting the United States for the first time, to name the Seve…"

"Believing that your hypothesis must be correct before all the evidence is gathered encourages you to interpret the ev…"

"In preventative medicine, benefits without risks are nonexistent."

"Conflict of interest is an accusation invariably wielded to discredit those viewpoints with which one disagrees."

"By the 1920s, insulin was discovered and found to be essential for the utilization of carbohydrates for energy. Witho…"