That truth is stranger than fiction ought to embarrass novelists considerably.
Feb 102016
Feb 092016
Great general causes, in history, are the tinder: chance is the match.
Feb 082016
Arguable, adj. What one is unwilling to argue about.
Feb 052016
The hedgehog, who knows one big thing, has many disciples, and the fox, who knows many things, has none.
Feb 042016
Why is experience the best teacher? Because we only really listen to ourselves.
Feb 032016
The best designs have no designer.
Feb 022016
That knowledge is power, as if awareness conferred immunity, is among the oddest of the modern superstitions.
Feb 012016
99% sure is about 45% correct.
Jan 292016
Nonviolent resistance succeeds only when the government has already lost its nerve: you can’t rule if you won’t shoot.
Jan 282016
American exceptionalism: The belief that everywhere should be exactly like America, but not just yet.