The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.
No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic and sensitive. By 'artistic and sensitive' I mean short, skinny, unkissed, bad at sports, and car...
When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.
Political pundits are under professional obligation to regard the obvious as being too obvious.
In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.
Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.
If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.
Sheep farming is heavily subsidized in Great Britain. Without the subsidies, the green grazing in the valley of the River Exe would be gone. The handsome agricultural landscape of which the British ar...
Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.
The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.'
Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.