Liberal comes from the Latin liberalis, which means pertaining to a free man. In politics, to be liberal is to want to extend democracy through change and reform. One can see why that word had to be erased from our political lexicon.

History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.

Everything's wrong on Wikipedia.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

The only absolute attainment is absolute abandonment.

Although drugs are immoral and must be kept from the young, thousands of schools pressure parents to give the drug Ritalin to any lively child who may, sensibly, show signs of boredom in his classroom. Ritalin renders the child docile if not comatose. Side effects? "Stunted growth, facial tics, agitation and aggression, insomnia, appetite loss, headaches, stomach pains and seizures." Marijuana would be far less harmful.

I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That's my substitute for television.