I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.

When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics.

There are a lot of mysterious things about boats, such as why anyone would get on one voluntarily.

Last year, on a long car trip, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shout. I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him. I listen to NPR: "World to end-poor and minorities hardest hit." I like to argue with the radio.

One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.

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.

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.