The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it.

I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.

America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.

The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.

Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.

Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product of unambiguous moral education?