The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there is nothing in the mall and if you don't go there they shoot you.

In the wake of Animal House, the stock briefly and quite wrongly shot up. So I love that movie.

Bill Maher can be pretty good, except when he gets "important." Maher's all over the place politically.

I'm 61 years old. I'm not that fearful of the future, period. I'm not going to see that much of it.

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.

This going on and on about how terrible a carbon-based economy is, these people are full of crap. They don't know what they're talking about. Their motives are not necessarily good just because they say they are being good. It's peace, love, and understanding. To which I can just say, "Shut up." Human liberty, rule of law, and free markets fix this stuff. It isn't necessary to go around being the Mia Farrow of the ecosphere.

Los Angeles is many places in one place.