America was cool with Saddam Hussein when he was killing Iranians.
Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter.
It's not lost on me that everyone dies, but some people have a kind of immortality about them, and you can't imagine that they will ever be gone.
Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.
For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible.
I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless.
Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them.
Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me.
As the middle class is predated upon with an ever greater malicious intensity, their children stand to lose more and harder than their parents ever did.
I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran.
More and more, journalism seems to have hopped out of Truth's pocket and crept into another.
Juan Williams is a very sharp guy.
There's tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time.
Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I might, there is only so much I am able to achieve on this front.
Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.
And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever.
The public library system of the United States is worth preserving.
It's hard to judge literary merit.
Live music is the cure for what ails ya.
