KABUL, Afghanistan — An American soldier would have been well served to remember the childhood adage about sticks and stones before he threw rocks at a wall-size portrait of President Hamid Karzai that graces a town square in northeastern Afghanistan.
Today, as the specter of constitutional violations has again been raised, the Obama administration would be well served to remember the words of Justice Louis D. Brandeis, who warned: "Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent..
It is not my job to give advice, but the next Republican nominee might be well served to remember that the party won the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote in 2000, when George W. Bush and Karl Rove put more emphasis on the "ground game".
There was more than a touch of irony, then, when the home supporters partook in a rendition of: 'Where's your money gone?' Schadenfreude can be a dangerous thing and for a club with such a turbulent past, those Crawley fans would be better served to remember their own troubled history before aiming such jibes at others.
But the second lesson from the Capone case is more enduring; and justice, always a slow learner, would be well served to remember it: lawlessness is no way to combat lawlessness.
Above all, it would help to remember that the stockmarket serves a wider goal.
Whatever our current experience of life may be, it always serves us to remember that things are in a constant state of flux and that whatever is going on in our lives right now, will pass.
However, it serves good to remember that, not everything that counts is countable.
The RBL is the nation's custodian of remembrance and this is a great way for anyone, whether they have served or not, to remember a loved one and celebrate our armed forces.
People are tired of business as usual in Washington, DC and if Tom Perez wants the Democratic Party to be successful again, it would serve him well to remember that. .
