Everywhere You Hang Your Hat Is Home.

Would It Be Anything Like A Literary Disaster If Gore Vidal Were To Fall Silent? Easy. No. In Fact, There Is Something To Be Said For The Idea.

When Man Sends Colonies Into Space, He Will Be Able To Mount Moveable, Sun-reflecting Mirrors To Simulate Rhythms Of Day And Night And Even The Terrestial Seasons...but He Doubtless Will Follow The Longstanding American Habit Of Thinking That Outer Space Should, As Much As Possible, Resemble Southern California.

Abstinence Is A Window Of Clarity Through Which One Can Better Find One's Work And One's Mate.

Walter Duranty Helped To Turn The Monster Stalin Into A World Figure And A Hero Of The Leftistwestern Intelligentsia By Defending The Bloodbath Of The Soviet Union From Its Critics In The Now Famous: "you Can't Make An Omelette Without Breaking Eggs.

The Church Became Both More Accessible And Less Imposing. It Threw Itself Open To Risk.