That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Marriage is socialism among two people.

Marriage is socialism among two people.

America is addicted to wars of distraction

America is addicted to wars of distraction

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

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

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.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

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...

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband...

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband...

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...

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....

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...

That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the...

That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the...

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...

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash...

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash...

I'm not a nice person.

I'm not a nice person.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.