Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.

Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.

During the mid-1980s dairy farmers decided there was too much cheap milk at the supermarket. So the government bought and slaughtered 1.6 million dairy cows. How come the government never does anything like this with lawyers?

The American political system is like fast food - mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things and everybody wants some.

For toddlers I suggest leaving their mittens on year-round, indoors and out. That way they can't get into aspirin bottles, liquor cabinets, or boxes of kitchen matches.

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.