Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.

Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.

Satire doesn't effect change.

When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics.

Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate in inviolate trust to the golden retrievers.

This country is so urbanized we think low-fat milk comes from cows on Nutri/System weight-loss plans.

Government isn't a good way to solve problems ... [G]overnment is concerned mostly with self-perpetuation and is subject to fantastic ideas about its own capabilities. ... [G]overnment is wasteful of the nation's resources, immune to common sense and subject to pressure from every half-organized bouquet of assholes. ... [G]overnment is distrustful of and disrespectful toward average Americans while being easily gulled by Americans with money, influence or fame.