The term 'the American Left' is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isn't really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is.

She's got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director.

Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.

It's true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder.

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.

I don't say things like "the grace of God." All that's white noise to me, not because I'm an intellectual. For many people, it's gibberish. Likewise, the idea that the Koran was dictated by an archaic illiterate is a fantasy.

It’s considered perfectly normal in this society to approach dying people who you don’t know but who are unbelievers and say, ‘Now are you gonna change your mind?’ That is considered almost a polite question.