"The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively..." — Margaret Atwood

Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe unless someone came and hauled you back. That was also true during the Vietnam War for draft resisters.

War is what happens when language fails.

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.

People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make.