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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

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I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.

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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

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Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism is the idea t...more

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Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really ...more

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Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing...more

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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

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Space has always been confusing to politics.

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The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, ...more

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The American political system is like fast food--mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things...and everybody wants some.

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Even I realized that money was to politicians what the eucalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter, and something to crap on.

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The Hollywooden heads would buy a car for almost any purpose except a worthy one. Many automobiles were purchased to attract members of LA's eight or ...more

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I was having dinner…in London…when eventually he got, as the Europeans always do, to the part about “Your country’s never been invaded.” And so I said...more

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Political pundits are under professional obligation to regard the obvious as being too obvious.

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It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are r...more