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

Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa.

In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter.

Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.

You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign correspondent begins to understand poverty from a different perspective.

Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies.

The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.