Why should people be expected to think about the meaning of life merely because they happen to be ill? That is just the time when there is no time to think about such things, because the body is so greedy for attention.

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.

I hate churches, all of them. But they used to know something about the importance of silence.

What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.

In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.