Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

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Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be...

If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be...

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between...

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between...

Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he...

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he...

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's...

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's...

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

In the lexicon of the political class, the word sacrifice means that the citizens are...

In the lexicon of the political class, the word sacrifice means that the citizens are...

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American...

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven...

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven...

Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of...

Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of...

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing...

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless...

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless...

Don't worry about who I'm with in my space time if you're not working on...

Don't worry about who I'm with in my space time if you're not working on...