There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time.

Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.

Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by government against its own people.

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

Passion, sexual passion, may lead to marriage, but cannot sustain marriage. The purpose of marriage is the raising of children, for which patience, not passion, is the necessary foundation.

One day in Dipstick, Nebraska, or Landfill, Oklahoma, is worth more to me than an eternity in Dante's plastic Paradiso, or Yeats's gold-plated Byzantium.

The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares.