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People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems....more

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Computers seem a little too adaptively flexible, like the strange natives, odd societies, and head cases we study in the social sciences. There's more...more

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They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love it. Then they say, 'But does...more

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There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of...more

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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.

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There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve ...more

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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people f...more

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There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful...more

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Call a man 'ignorant,' and you have license to show the world your vast fund of knowledge and wise him up.

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Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very American item, the I...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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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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Americans appreciate bad taste or America wouldn’t look the way America does.

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. Republicans are the par...more

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the...more