Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?

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The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the...

The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the...

The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest...

The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest...

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as...

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as...

It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women...

It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women...

Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim...

Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim...

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.

Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as a wise Latina trumping white men is a...

Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as a wise Latina trumping white men is a...

The damage done to U.S. prestige by the feckless, buffoonish George W. Bush will take...

The damage done to U.S. prestige by the feckless, buffoonish George W. Bush will take...

Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.

Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.

All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their...

All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their...

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is...

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is...

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the...

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the...

If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door...

If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door...

And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens...

And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens...

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably...

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably...

My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our...

My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our...

Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.

Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics....

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics....

You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from...

You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from...

When anything goes, it's women who lose.

When anything goes, it's women who lose.