It was to be a short visit for the G-shevs. More than four days in the U.S. and Raisa's VISA card bill would shatter the fragile Soviet economy.

Los Angeles is many places in one place.

Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.

Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.

Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year.

All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.

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