A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

If it stays put, the next crisis will make this one look like a walk in the park.

Havel is right that the region will sober up after its political hangover. But, as with real hangovers, it won t be pretty to watch.

In February 1991, a year after his father had died, and nine months after the death of his mother, he suffered a mild heart attack while skiing with friends at Aspen, Colorado.