I Would Say I See Myself As

Take All Your Dukes And Marquesses And Earls And Viscounts, Pack Them Into One Chamber, Call It The House Of Lords To Satisfy Their Pride And Then Strip It Of All Political Power. It's A Solution So Perfectly Elegant And Preposterous That Only The British Could Have Managed It.

Preemption Is A Kind Of Pre-deterrence That Stops The Threat At An Earlier, Safer Stage.

I Envy People Who Write Easily. I Enjoy The Process, But It's Not Easeful For Me.

To Go Into Ukraine And To Take Over, To Invade Crimea, Is A Huge Step. And [russian President Vladimir Putin] Would Only Have Done It With A President Who Has Shown From The Very Beginning That [president Obama] Is Living In A Fantasy World...they Imagine The World As A New Interconnected World Where Climate Change Is The Biggest Threat And They Are Shocked That The Russians Actually Are Interested In Territory.

Consider The Oddity Of Those Drug Commercials On Television. Fifteen Seconds Of The Purported Therapeutic Effort, Followed By About 45 Seconds Of A Rapidly Muttered List Of Horrific Possible Side Effects. When The Ad Is Over, I Can't Remember A Thing About What The Pill Is Supposed To Do, Except Perhaps Cause Nausea, Liver Damage, Projectile Vomiting, A Nasty Rash, A Four-hour Erection, And Sudden Death. Sudden Death Is My Favorite Because There Is Something Comical About It Being A Side Effect. What Exactly Is The Main Effect In That Case? Relief From Abdominal Bloating?