The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like going for the draw and puts armed men out of countinence

I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.

Not being a liberal, I have very little grasp of things that I know nothing about.

Mike Kelly [from The Atlantic] called me up and said he could pay me less money.

A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.

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.

There are lots of levels of fear and complaint about the government getting involved in business. First and foremost, of course, is incompetence.