It was a given in our family that my father was a grocer so that I wouldn't have to be.

When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.

Taking pleasure in the dark side may be some sort of occupational hazard for reporters.

When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.

One advantage of a monarchy is that a monarchy does not suffer the effects of having great clots of white Christians moping around simply because they aren't the king or queen.

Marriage is not merely sharing the fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place.

If General Haig is so smart, why did he finish 214th (out of 310) in his graduating class at West Point? Does that mean there are 213 generals his age who are smarter than he is?