Mitch Montgomery had been dead for nearly nine months.Those well-meaning souls who’d offered advice after my fiancé’s murder had said that, in time, I would move on with my life. Right now, all I could fathom for my future was joining him.

~ Nancy Barr

Nancy Barr 2007 Chapter One Escanaba January 1 Michigan Monday Mystery

One American in seven has no coverage, and one in three younger than sixty-five will lose coverage at some point in the next two years. These are people who aren't poor or old enough to qualify for government programs but whose jobs aren't good enough to provide benefits either.

~ Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande 2007 Doctor Doctors Health Health Systems Medicine Performance Physicians Systems

Even if Zuma was to develop the authoritarian impulses of a Mugabe, he would be checked—not least by his own party, which set a continental precedent by ousting Thabo Mbeki in 2007, after it felt he had outstayed his welcome by seeking a third term as party president. The ANC appears to have set itself against that deathtrap of African democracy: the ruler for life.

~ Mark Gevisser

Mark Gevisser 2007 2009 Africa African National Congress Authoritarianism Democracy Jacob Zuma Robert Mugabe South Africa Zimbabwe

At the time I thought the winner in an argument was the person who put forward the most logical support for his position. Of course, this isn't true. Human history, from gardening disputes to genocide, is full of examples of people with the most decent, well-argued stance ending up with their face in the mud in front of a naked display of power.

~ Mark Barrowcliffe

Mark Barrowcliffe 2007 Argument Bullying Logic