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

What about snipers?" I once asked someone. He said, "Oh, most of the snipers have automatic weapon. They arent very accurate.

Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.

The dominant type of humor in the '60s was essentially defensive and self-deprecating, using humor as a shield.

I didn't see any NRA officials killing babies in Waco.

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

Although computer-generated artificial intelligence eludes us, artificial stupidity has been perfected.