Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers.

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box.

Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present.

Welfare is ... the victim of national compassion fatigue.

What do I want to take home from my summer vacation? Time. The wonderful luxury of being at rest. The days when you shut down the mental machinery that keeps life on track and let life simply wander. The days when you stop planning, analyzing, thinking and just are. Summer is my period of grace.

Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.