Everything you hear about polite company seems calculated to drive you into the arms of the impolite.
Jul 252022
Nothing
You cannot have a contemporary prison without contemporary furniture.
—Clouseau
Jul 182022
Science is like the best athlete in gym class — nobody really likes him, but everybody wants him on his team.
Jul 152022
People are divided less by what they believe than by how intensely they believe it.
Jul 132022
Everyone believes in natural ability, except the naturally able.
Jun 212022
So many china shops, so few bulls.
Jun 072022
Peer pressure, n. Peer review for children.
May 232022
To improve discourse on social media, I am authoritatively informed, the enlightened must be kinder, more patient, and less patronizing with the unwashed.
May 112022
One is the trustiest sample size.
Apr 212022
An event scheduled long in advance grows ominous as it nears: one resents one’s past self for impudently binding the present.
Mar 282022
Americans understand nothing about the rest of the world, which returns the favor.