the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on the theory that they should live surrounded by the finest stuff. The Mall of America is built on the premise that we should all be able to afford this stuff. It may be a shallow culture, but it's by-God democratic. Sneer if you dare; this is something new in world history.
Molly IvinsIn city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.
Molly IvinsConservatives are fond of pointing out there are problems in this world can't be solved by throwing money at them. There are even more that can't be solved by dropping bombs on them.
Molly IvinsI often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.
Molly Ivins