Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die.
Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy.
Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.
Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy.
A true fascist is anyone who wants to take away my air conditioning or force me to ride a bike.
The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of x is not synonymous with endorsing x.
We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.
The deepest mystery of Twitter is why celebrities and elected officials take part. After all, we all know they can't write their own lines.
When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some of my competitors were cheaters.
I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. I'll take an angry moose any day.
More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is much more than that.
More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.
You go to Brooklyn, everybody's got a beard and plaid shirt. They may be able to tell each other apart, but they all look alike to me.
I grew up believing that I could be the president of the United States. I was told I could be whatever I wanted.
If I had had someone like me who had chosen to live their lives out and proud, there would be no need for the Tyler Clementis of the world.
I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can?
Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first.
When someone is in our tribe, I think it's particularly easier for us to tell them apart, because we're used to their facial features.
Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries.
I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform.
The NRA provided that in America each industry should be organized into a federally supervised trade association. It was not called a corporative. It was called a Code Authority.
