The great sky uprose from this silent sea without a cloud. The stars hung low in its expanse, burning in a violent mist of lower ether.

Hunters stalk their targets, make detailed plans, acquire and practice with weapons, and try to hurt or kill people. Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices.

“It's part of life's rich tapestry,” he murmured, and then looked at her and sighed.

it's bad for principles that we thought were the basis for post Cold War security -- for example, non-aggression, pluralism, tolerance, things of that kind, and they 're out the window now. I mean this- this framework, for these principles, are the antithesis of principles that we allegedly were backing over the last 45 years of the Cold War.