Nature's Progress Ponderer Gifts

Soldier shooting evolutionary animals.

"We'll destroy it to the ground ... ...and then..."

Plan to Split California into Six States Proposed....

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

"Do you think there's intellegent life in there?"

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

"Tell me, Chuck, is barbarism the natural state of mankind, and will it ultimately triumph?"

"Look, if I had all the answers, would I be living alone on the top of a mountain?"

"I'm both too liberal to be preppy and too conservative to be trendy."

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

'Social and political revolution? Check out our 'Do It Yourself' section.'

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

Frog Baby Names

"Cheer up, grod, these are the good old days."

"It's great the way that computer algorithms allow the internet to feed me with opinions that reinforce the ones I've already got - all on my phone!"

"What's with kids nowadays? Walking upright's not good enough for you?"

"And, yet another plus, it will block out the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays from a considerable portion of the city."

George Orwell

"Sure, but what have you invented lately?"

There are planets where lifeforms are almost human...

"Genetic engineering has made us disease resistant."

'Do you want to be red Tory or blue Labour?'

'Perhaps we do need a plan 'B'.'

'Mummy, what's a daddy one of those called?'

"That would've gone better if I'd gotten here with my gift list instead of my spelling list."

"Well, for starters, Matt has been showing definite improvement in risk-taking."

'Though we must innovate, and though we must grow, we must never lose sight of our core mediocrities.'

Dorothy finds the Yellow brick road is now a 6-lane expressway.

Creator's Remorse

'Revolution? I thought you creatures said you wanted Evolution!'

Was it wrong to get involved in Iraq in the first place...or did we do the right thing?

'Hurry up and enjoy your life as a pensioner! Three.. Two.. One..'

'...if you look at it in the right way it begins to make sense.'

Fingers