A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society...Cultural relativity is defensible, attractive. It's a source of hope. It means we don't have to continue this way if we don't like it.

Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.

We'd been apart so long--I'd been dead so long," she said in English. "I thought surely you'd built a new life, with no room in it for me. I'd hoped that." "My life is nothing but room for you." I said. "It could never be filled by anyone but you.

Some jerk infected the Internet with an outright lie. It shows how easy it is to do and how credulous people are.

He became fubar in the classic way, which is to say that he was the victim of a temporary arrangement that became permanent.

Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suiside.

Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes.