I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.

History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.