As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when they spend your taxes, it always seems to go to some guy in a leather chair downtown you never heard of.

Imagine what things would be like if the news media actually sided with civilization.

The new racism is anything that might hurt a Democrat politically.

That's the thing about conspiracy theories: in a comforting sort of way, they give rise to the feeling that someone, somewhere, knows what's going on.

One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low.

[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.

Never trust anyone who calls himself a libertarian socialist. They're bound to be deeply confused, at best.