It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.

I always thought there was some romance to that '30s leftist stuff, even though I'm a Republican.

I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.

When Adam Smith was being incomprehensible, he didn't have the luxury of brief, snappy technical terms as a shorthand for incoherence.

I'm a political conservative.

There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.