Unless a reincarnationist is willing to say there was a 'first generation' of souls created with the first humans, he is exposed to absurdity by the recency of human life on the planet.

The crucial distinction between systems...was no longer ideological. The main political difference was between those who did, and those who did not, believe that the citizen could -- or should -- be the property of the state.

In modern Greek history, there is a close relationship between national humiliation and political radicalization.

Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome.

The fact is: It's true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it.

The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed absurdity of the Anglican Church, but he has more than once said publicly that he wants to be anointed as defender of all faiths—another indication of the amazing conceit he has developed in six decades of performing the only job allowed him by the hereditary principle: that of waiting for his mother to expire.

Religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things.