Of course his dust would be absorbed in other living things and to that degree at least he would exist again, though it was plain enough that the specific combination which was he would never exist again.

For the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more.

Americans are not only a less homogenous population than we were when we were 3 million ex-colonists, but we're less educated. On top of that, we have constant misinformation and manipulation by media.

"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.

All Americans born between 1890 and 1945 wanted to be movie stars.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize.