rom Fear of Frying and other Fax of Life By Josh Freed I was sitting at a busy New York café a few months ago when a young woman approached my table. "Excuse me," she said. "I hate to be so bold, but could I possibly ask you what you're eating, if you don't mind me asking." In a flash, I knew-she was Canadian!-and I said so. "Gee!" she said." "How did you guess?" …showed first 75 words of 846 total…

…showed last 75 words of 846 total…us. Our country's existence suggests the American Revolution was an utter waste of time, a lot of blood spilled for nothing, when a couple of centuries of meetings and constitutional conferences could have cleared things up without firing a shot. If George Washington had fought a little less, and talked a little more, maybe the U.S. could have avoided its revolution altogether-and slowly, cautiously and quietly built a kinder and gentler America. Like us.