Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.

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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...

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...

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

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...

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The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in...

America is addicted to wars of distraction

America is addicted to wars of distraction

Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else....

Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else....

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia

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

I'm not a nice person.

I'm not a nice person.

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...

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 -...

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

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...

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...

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

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...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

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Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of...

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I...

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I...