“ I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics. ”
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 that the individual is sacrosanct and that anything that's done contrary to the well-being of the individual needs some pretty serious justification.
~ P. J. O'rourke
Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.