The New York times' long-standing motto, 'All the News That's Fit to Print,' should be changed to reflect today's reality: 'Manufacturing News to Fit an Ideology.'

Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people.

Whatever we wish to achieve in the future, it must begin by knowing where we are in the present - not where we wish we were, or where we wish others to think we are, but where we are in fact.

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

Lunches don't get free just because you don't see the prices on the menu. And economists don't get popular by reminding people of that.

What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return?

The great escape of our times is escape from personal responsibility for the consequences of one's own behavior.