Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an ethic.

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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to...

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to...

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist

I'm not a nice person.

I'm not a nice person.

Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a...

Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a...

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but...

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that...

The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that...

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper...

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper...

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Marriage is socialism among two people.

Marriage is socialism among two people.

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign...

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign...

That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing -...

That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing -...

In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of...

In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of...

At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another...

At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another...

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around...

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around...