An opinion not worth fearing isn’t worth having.
Jan 242019
Nothing
You cannot have a contemporary prison without contemporary furniture.
—Clouseau
Jan 152019
Only when no one pays the slightest attention to what anyone else is saying will speech be truly free.
Dec 272018
Imbecility, like many infectious diseases, has asymptomatic carriers.
Dec 242018
What is privilege? A term — beloved by parents, nuns, schoolmarms, jailers — to describe what doesn’t belong to you, and can be revoked at any time without reason or warning.
Nov 262018
Inside every thin man is a fat man struggling to get out.
Nov 212018
To the befuddled I recommend a serene air of quiet dignity.
Nov 122018
Intolerance, n. Insufficient deference to received opinion.
Oct 262018
What’s the alternative? Nothing. Nothing is always the alternative. Usually it is the best alternative.
Oct 222018
To get along with children, treat them like adults; to get along with adults, treat them like children.
Oct 192018
There’s no point in betting what both parties can readily afford to lose.