The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism.

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating.

With modern American dentistry it is simply amazing to see what transformation can be wrought in a single day.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime.

When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly ­surprising to find how few real descriptions of the experience our literature can boast.