Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.

Bill Maher can be pretty good, except when he gets "important." Maher's all over the place politically.

Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us ever wants to see one again. It was a horrifying apparition. And ever since Jimmy Carter, all of us rednecks have had to be very careful to be drunk rednecks lest we turn into some kind of awful creature with big buck teeth and a State Department full of human-rights yahoos.

Generally it's not a good idea to wear Banana Republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. You might look too much like something that's supposed to be shot, such as a journalist.

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.

A pleasant natural environment is a good - a luxury good, philosophical good, a moral goody-good, a good time for all. Whatever, we want it. If we want something, we should pay for it, with our labor or our cash. We shouldn't beg it, steal it, sit around wishing for it, or euchre the government into taking it by force.

If the Japanese want to be taken seriously as world financial powers, they'd better quit using the same tailor as variety show chimps.