Every great lie depends on narrative, the great meta-lie.
Apr 202023
Apr 192023
Proper service demands the extinction of personality, the entire subjugation of oneself to another’s needs and desires. In America, where this runs counter to the national religion, it cannot be had at any price.
Apr 182023
The man who mocks what we hold dear we call a cynic, though he may hold dear what we mock.
Apr 172023
We often become stupid by fear of looking so.
Apr 142023
Art, like science, may be regarded by the practitioner as a collective body of work to which he hopes to make a small contribution.
Apr 132023
The purpose of “inclusive” language is to exclude whoever refuses or cannot be bothered to use it.
Apr 122023
We let ideas rattle around in our heads, and call it thinking.
Apr 112023
Talk of rights is usually cant; talk of human rights always is.
Apr 102023
You get to know someone, and learn to like him. Then you discover he holds opinions you find noxious, and you say, “I never knew he was like that.” He isn’t. He’s the same man you knew before he had opinions.
Apr 072023
Judicial restraint is legislative license.