Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some frequency. And they fight in bars all the time.

Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.

As for George Bush of Kennebunkport, Maine- personally I think he's further evidence that the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky has an overdeveloped sense of irony.

If his IQ slips any lower, we'll have to water him twice a day

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

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt probably didn't was a lot of time thinking about the people who build their pyramids, either.

I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.