In those days, most people read newspapers, whereas today, most people do not. What caused this change? One big factor, of course, is that people are a lot stupider than they used to be, although we here in the newspaper industry would never say so in print.

The Mollusks—generous hosts when they weren’t trying to kill you.

We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.

There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece.

Always remember that if editors were so damned smart, they would know how to dress.

I'm not the only taxpayer who has no idea what he's sending to the IRS. This year, only 28 percent of all Americans will prepare their own tax returns, according to a voice in my head that invents accurate-sounding statistics.

There are no bad haircuts in cyberspace.