Rosco Lance

Candidates taking off their shirts and flexing their muscles during debates. "I will fight for you. I will fight for your rights. Not only am I significantly stronger than my opponent, I have no compunction about punching elderly people in the face. I've done it before. Many, many times."

If it's worth anything to you, I loved your trilogy and remain surprised it isn't talked about more. There are at least some people (I'm one) waiting for your next project. And, each new thing is a new shot.

worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places -- and there are so many -- where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

Howard Zinn:

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the

I love them. I've held a small hope that I would someday discover that there are more Kango and Sharon stories than the two I've already read.

What if there were five..? six.? ten...? Out there somewhere. Waiting for me to discover them?

That's a future I'd like to find myself in.