Stories for the day

A few things I found interesting today:

• Death of a Gay Rights Pioneer
• In Big Buyout, Utility to Limit Coal Plants
• Missile Fantasies

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

Actual happiness looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.

-- Aldous Huxley