You're more likely to vote Democratic if you hate Republicans than if you love Democrats, and vice versa.

Rising inequality is a cultural and economic cancer on a lot of different levels.

[Ronald]Reagan and[George W.] Bush were far more radical than other presidents.

There's no liberal equivalent of Donald Trump.

The ability to focus on a single task for an extended period is a talent that’s underappreciated - especially by extroverts, who continue to exercise an unhealthy hegemony over most workplaces.

Smart hiring managers in the modern world should be asking, “How long can you concentrate on a task before you have to take a break?” I wonder how many of them do?

If you don’t want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.

The younger you are, the more likely you are to have grown up in a (mostly) lead-free environment, and that means you're less likely to have committed a felony or gotten sent to prison.

Because prison sentences in America tend to be long, de-incarceration lags falling crime rates by a fair amount, but eventually it does catch up.

Black crime rates fell more steeply than white crime rates, and now black incarceration is falling more steeply than white incarceration.

Of course the system can be changed. Why would I bother spending 14 years of my life blogging if I didn't believe that?

There is no doubt that we have defeated too many dictators

I never met a pet I didn't like.

unrequitted love amuses me

If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you'll catch them.

I don't want anyone to follow me on Twitter if they're looking for anything interesting or mature.

The Lord may not come when you want Him, but he's always going to be there on time.

For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't.

Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us

A kiss without a mustache is like an egg without salt.

Whoe'er excels in what we prize, appears a hero in our eyes.