Paradise is the here and now, the actual, tangible, dogmatically real Earth on which we stand. Yes, God bless America, the Earth upon which we stand.

Tofu and futons. The adepts of Orientalism seem to spend most of their lives reclining. They can't quite summon the energy to crawl up onto a chair. Even their Yogic exercises are carried out in a prone or sitting position.

What's the difference between the Lone Ranger and God? There really is a Lone Ranger.

In the modern technoindustrial culture, it is possible to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood.

The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.

Might does not make right but it sure makes what is.

Most of what we call the classics of world literature suggest artifacts in a wax museum. We have to hire and pay professors to get them read and talked about.