The strength of ideas rests on their relationship to reality. MacKinnon’s unrealistic fulminations against a phantom patriarchy exist in the arid arena of pure thought.

Libya is a war of the womb. A product of the romantic minds of women who fantasize about an Arab awakening. It is estrogen-driven paternalism on steroids.

Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks.

Government jobs are not an addition to the country's payroll; they are an increase in the nation's payload.

The proposition that economist Ludwig von Mises was a feminist is an apodictic impossibility.

Members of the media-monetary-military-congressional complex are immoral and have an allergy to the truth.

For too long, the U.S. has been operating upon the premise that American men and matériel should be capable of reaching and controlling all corners of the world. This was a bully’s universe.

Islamic terrorism is the handiwork of people who've heeded, not hijacked, Islam. Or so says [Wafa] Sultan.

[G]lobal warming, that manufactured monomania.

Hollywood no longer offers entertainment. Instead, activism has replaced acting, and sermons have supplanted stories. Instead of a good yarn, you get a yawn.

Whether it is committed by a group operating within or without the law, terrorism is still terrorism.

Love is basic of success.

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

I don't believe in director's cuts where you make things longer. The coolest thing was when the Coen brothers did a director's cut of 'Blood Simple,' and they made it shorter.

It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did.

I am even-tempered and emotionally well balanced

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax.