Drop the veneer periodically and be like "OK, I'm an imperfect human. Let's try to get through this."

I love this country for several reasons, not the least of which is that I know I'm allowed to hate it if I want to.

Is it just me, or are the 49ers doing an awful lot of ass-patting today?

Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of a car with the cramped public exposure of an airplane.

I've seen better coverage at an Alan Keyes press conference.

Yeah, this country's founding fathers are a bunch of dead rich white men, but they did set things up so you could come and sit at the table, so don't piss in the finger bowls, all right? Thank you. In return for unfettered economic opportunity and no government death squads, try to get along with your new stepmotherland, and don't be resentful if there's a set of house rules already in place.

Trends don't mean anything to me. If I like something, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't do it, and I wouldn't care if everybody in the country mocked me.