“ Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized. ”
When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb, ‘to pass away’ always sounds to me as if someone just drifted through the wallpaper. No, my mother did not pass away. She definitely died.
~ Steve Allen
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.
Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
