The joy of hate reflects people who get off pretending to hate something, or hate you, in order to score political points. I call them the 'tolerati' - you know, a group of people who claim to be tolerant, except when they run into someone who disagrees with them.

The beauty of progress is that it makes it easier for you to carve out a space to be nonproductive.

Private citizens and companies are always seen as evil and greedy, because they want to profit. But the government picks your pocket any chance it can get, but they're never called greedy.

Good people suddenly don't turn bad.

Ocean privilege does not exist anymore. The world is small. We cannot rely on distance anymore.

Legal gun ownership always prevails over the emotionalism of the gun control movement.

I know that if I say something that's considered outrageous, a group will take it, create an email blast, and use me to raise money or to do whatever, to build their profile.