Libertarian presidential candidate André Marrou's idea is that "government power is opposed to individual liberty." Must we still debate such sophomoric notions?... Besides, liberty, although very important, is not the only value.

Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue.

Semicolons . . . signal, rather than shout, a relationship. . . . A semicolon is a compliment from the writer to the reader. It says: "I don't have to draw you a picture; a hint will do."

Republicans define freedom as an absence of restraints imposed by government. Democrats define freedom as an absence of necessity, which government exists to reduce. America has not moved as far as it thinks it has beyond the argument about the New Deal, when FDR insisted, "Necessitous men are not free men."

The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of america is justice and securing the blessings of liberty.

Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.