The 20th century, among its various disgraces, managed to give both “science” and “rationality” a bad name.
Nov 242020
Nov 232020
If a common tactic never works, it’s not supposed to.
Nov 202020
Every new law represents a new opportunity to report our neighbors anonymously to the authorities.
Nov 192020
The paean to independence of mind is the infallible sign of the crackpot.
Nov 182020
Sex was a lot better in the movies when they weren’t allowed to show it.
Nov 172020
We try to convince ourselves that villains are unhappy: it should be enough to know that they are bad.
Nov 162020
There may be no stupid questions, but my God, the answers!
Nov 132020
Censorship, under more competent rule, would indicate something worth reading.
Nov 122020
A few facts about an artist’s life can, if you’re not careful, spoil his work for good.
Nov 112020
Americans are ruled by a government that intrudes in every conceivable matter yet cannot count its population, its votes, or its dead.