Russian cars are silly. They look like imports drawn by a cartoonist for a UAW newsletter.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country.

Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is to sin.

France in August when you can travel through the entire country without encountering a single pesky Frenchman or being bothered with anything that's open for business.

Satire doesn't effect change.

You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.

Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, even those in a Brooks Brothers suit, would be stone-washed denim. Celebrity diet and exercise books would be the only thing on the shelves at the library. And - since women are a majority of the population - we'd all be married to Mel Gibson.