We Are A Species That Must Try

The Logical Upshot Of Liberalism's Hatred Of Hypocrisy Is That It Is Better For The Liar To Champion Lying, The Glutton To Advocate Gluttony, The Adulterer To Celebrate Adultery, Than For Someone To Preach The Right Thing If He Himself Occasionally Does The Wrong Thing. Better To Let Your Failings Define You And Be Happy About It, Than To Let Your Ideals Define You But Then Fall Short Of Them, For That Opens You Up To The Charge Of Hypocrisy.

Tip To All British Tabloids: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. I Repeat: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone.

(i)t Is Simply Wrong To Confuse Cowardice With Appeasement. Cowardice Is A Failing Of Character. Appeasement Is A Failure Of Policy. Stalin Appeased Hitler When He Signed The Molotov-ribbentrop Pact. Stalin Was An Evil Character, To Be Sure. But Cowardice Really Isn't The First Word That Comes To Mind When Thinking Of Stalin ' That Word Is “sexy.” I'm Kidding, I'm Kidding.

In Europe And America Alike, Voters Increasingly Recognize That The Benefits Of The Green Revolution Aren't Worth The Costs, Particularly When The Revolutionaries Don't Have A Clue What They're Doing.

In The Weeks Prior To The War To Liberate Afghanistan, A Good Friend Of Mine Would Ask Me Almost Every Day, “why Aren't We Killing People Yet?” And I Never Had A Good Answer For Him. Because One Of The Most Important And Vital Things The United States Could Do After 9/11 Was To Kill People. Call It A “forceful Response,” “decisive Action” ' Whatever. Those Are All Nice Euphemisms For Killing People. And The World Is A Better Place Because America Saw The Necessity Of Putting Steel Beneath The Velvet Of Those Euphemisms.