I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We'd turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don't ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives.

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.

Humanism is not alive and well in Texas. Different colors and types of Texans do not like one another, nor do they pretend to.

Democracy requires a certain relish for confusion

If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.

California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.