Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.

I despise the cowardly clinging to life, purely for the sake of life, that seems so deeply ingrained in the American temperament.

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.

It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family.

The best defense against the terror of existence are the homely comforts of love, work, and family life, which connect us to a world that is independent of our wishes yet responsive to our needs.

The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.

The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine.