There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?

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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...

Marriage is socialism among two people.

Marriage is socialism among two people.

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...

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

America is addicted to wars of distraction

America is addicted to wars of distraction

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

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...

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...

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...

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....

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

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...

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...

I'm not a nice person.

I'm not a nice person.

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...