Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing read more

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy read more

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.

This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which read more

This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which is absolutely banned, or slide towards illegality by its tacit acceptance that torture is sometimes OK.

Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better.

Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better.

I think a very bad time for the arts. I think we're in a tough time in our culture.

I think a very bad time for the arts. I think we're in a tough time in our culture.

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

The Iraq war was a mistake from the beginning, and when we went in, we went in on the cheap. read more

The Iraq war was a mistake from the beginning, and when we went in, we went in on the cheap. The troops have not been protected. We need to bring them home.