A civilization with elaborate manners is already half-dead.
Jun 102014
Nothing
You cannot have a contemporary prison without contemporary furniture.
—Clouseau
May 212014
An electronic device that tracked your location at all times used to be a condition of parole.
May 162014
Rudeness is often permissible and sometimes mandatory.
May 072014
A country becomes civilized when its inhabitants can form an orderly queue.
May 062014
Imagination: Anthropomorphism run amok.
Feb 102014
People who do not say what they mean usually do not know what they mean.
Jan 242014
Anyone who hates children is paying them far too much attention.
Jan 142014
To hate something properly you must have liked it once.
Jan 022014
Now that all have prizes, has everybody won?
Nov 122013
A party should include a few guests who can’t be trusted with the silver.