The idea that freedom is merely the ability to act upon one's whims is surely very thin and hardly begins to capture the complexities of human existence; a man whose appetite is his law strikes us not as liberated but enslaved.

A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.

Equality of Ugliness: If we can't all live in a beautiful place we must all live in an ugly place.

Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.

Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained.

The idea that freedom is merely the ability to act upon one's whims is surely very thin and hardly begins to capture the complexities of human existence; a man whose appetite is his law strikes us not as liberated but enslaved.

I've heard a hundred different variations of instances of unadulterated female victimhood, yet the silence of the feminists is deafening. Where two pieties--feminism and multi-culturalism--come into conflict, the only way of preserving both is an indecent silence.