It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.

We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films, and worst of all, in the home - that even First Amendment absolutists sometimes daydream about how nice it would be to have government-as-nanny just outlaw all this effluent.

Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.

I used to go on college campuses 25 years ago and announce I was a feminist, and people thought it meant I believed in free love and was available for a quick hop in the sack. ... Now I go on college campuses and say I'm a feminist, and half of them think it means I'm a lesbian. How'd we get from there to here without passing "Go"?

Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.

What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.

Manners are just a formal expression of how you treat people.