Vitriolic is a needless and malign attack on something, excessive attack on something. It is a rather pointless thing to do.

I suppose my liking for Italy is partly atavism, my family are of the old Roman stock. They came from the Alps north of Venice.

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.

Many people in the United States happen to believe that United States policy is wrong in Vietnam and the Vietcong are correct in wanting to organize their country in their own way politically. This happens to be pretty much the opinion of western Europe and the other parts of the world.

The Gores, I think, are a bit brighter than the Bushes, historically speaking.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

Most lives are spent putting on and taking off masks.