Orthodoxy’s palace guard paints and probably sees itself as an embattled and powerless minority, defending unpopular truths without fear or favor.
Oct 302018
Oct 292018
To the vicious cant of equal result is opposed the vaguer, more plausible, and still more vicious cant of equal opportunity.
Oct 262018
What’s the alternative? Nothing. Nothing is always the alternative. Usually it is the best alternative.
Oct 252018
To be great is to be misunderstood; but to affirm the consequent is rather more common.
Oct 242018
The man at pains to conceal his enviable qualities will be envied for his modesty.
Oct 232018
The young, though immortal, are in a dreadful hurry.
Oct 222018
To get along with children, treat them like adults; to get along with adults, treat them like children.
Oct 192018
There’s no point in betting what both parties can readily afford to lose.
Oct 182018
There are always things you can’t say. Repression is measured by how many obviously true things you can’t say.
Oct 172018
We used to suspect that our friends and neighbors were mad, and now, thanks to modern technology, we know they are.