Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.

When are the world's political parties going to get appropriate symbols: snake, louse, jackal, ... trash can, clown face, ... dollar bill with bat wings on it?

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.

The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

People have a right to my food, a right to my housing, and a right to my good job for my decent pay.

The purpose of the Senate is to keep 100 middle aged knuckleheads out of the private sector where they can do real harm.