And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach.

And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach.

A more or less accurate measure of class in America is TV size: the bigger your TV, the lower your class.

Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present.

So many bright futures consigned to the ashes of the past.So many dreams lost in the madness that had engulfed us.Except for a few widely scattered shouts of joy,the survivors of the abyss sat hollow-eyed and silent, trying to comprehend a world without war.

Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon.

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.