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

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

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

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...

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

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

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it...

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it...

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

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

Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the...

Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the...

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

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...

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...

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

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...

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes.

Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes.

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

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...

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...

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.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.