The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.

The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.

The interesting thing about staring down a gun barrel is how small the hole is where the bullet comes out, yet what a big difference it would make in your social schedule.

Wherever there's injustice, oppression, and suffering, America will show up six months late and bomb the country next to where it's happening.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics.

We also have a lot of the same influences - we both read a lot of the beatniks. And yet what we actually do is almost exactly the opposite. His [ Hunter S. Thompson] political stuff is just wonderful, but basically nothing happens.