The search for a moral equivalent of war continues to define American liberalism to this day.

[American] liberalism today sees no realm of human life that is beyond political significance, from what you eat to what you smoke to what you say.

The more you socialize the costs of personal liberty, the more license you give others to regulate it.

Historians write favorably, you know, for example, about Stalin because he was doing big things.

(T)he most important reason American leftists love France is that French elites say bad things about America. French intellectuals call us racist, stupid, imperialistic, simplistic, etc. ' and that alone is proof of their intellectualism. So long as you call America “racist,” you could add that an enema is as good as a toothbrush and some professor of “communications theory” would applaud.

Joe Biden says the Wall Street crisis is the result of George W. Bush's tax cuts, which makes as much sense as blaming the rising price of fairy dust. But as a wise man once asked, Who gives a rat's patoot what Joe Biden thinks?

Let's treat politicians like Twinkies. They have to disclose their ingredients - i.e., where their money is from - but beyond that, let the buyer beware.