We have reached the point in the history of the West where improvements in small things can no longer mask declines in large ones.
Sep 162021
Nothing
You cannot have a contemporary prison without contemporary furniture.
—Clouseau
Aug 252021
There exists a possible world where adults do not tattle on adults to other adults because they don’t like their language.
Aug 162021
When abusing someone, always pick on qualities that he was born with or cannot change: tomorrow he may be sober.
Aug 122021
The stupid American, as he is known the world over, mostly means the trusting American.
Jul 282021
Nothing public can be conversation, and soon everything will be public.
Jul 132021
We object to negative emotions instead of unsuitable ones.
Jun 282021
To demonstrate persuasively that you will not sacrifice principle for victory, you have to lose.
Jun 042021
One must not treat actors, athletes, rock stars, or television journalists as if they were sentient adults. They are performing monkeys, like children better seen than heard, and not entirely responsible for their own actions.
May 272021
Civil war in America would be imminent if it could be fought without getting off the couch.
May 192021
Few of the useful idiots I have known have been any use to me.