Spreuken over Society

Boomers make up a third of our population, and they have always dominated our society from a cultural standpoint. The way work itself is being done, how we dress, where we work: All of these innovations have been embraced by our society.

Chinese society puts the public good ahead of individual rights and benefits. China has been able to rapidly develop precisely because the government doesn't need or want a consensus among the public, durable or otherwise. If it wanted to build an airport or highway to spur growth, the government did it. It certainly didn't ask those being displaced if it was O.K.

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado,

But with the help of the American Cancer Society and through this event, we're giving people hope.

If we want to see a reversal, every sector of society and every minority group has to get up and say enough.