The Sinister Nature Of The American Soil

Usually, Terrible Things That Are Done With The Excuse That Progress Requires Them Are Not Really Progress At All, But Just Terrible Things.

When You're The Only Pea In The Pod, Your Parents Are Likely To Get You Confused With The Hope Diamond.

You Can Always Tell Folks From Nonfolks. Folks Like To Feel Good, Like To Smile For The Camera When There's A Big Photo Opportunity For A Really Good Cause.

Most English Speakers Do Not Have The Writer's Short Fuse About Seeing Or Hearing Their Language Brutalized. This Is The Main Reason, I Suspect, That English Is Becoming The World's Universal Tongue: English-speaking Natives Don't Care How Badly Others Speak English As Long As They Speak It. French, Once Considered Likely To Become The World's Lingua Franca, Has Lost Popularity Because Those Who Are Born Speaking It Reject This Liberal Attitude And Become Depressed, Insulted Or Insufferable When Their Language Is Ill Used.

Though Americans Talk A Good Deal About The Virtue Of Being Serious, They Generally Prefer People Who Are Solemn Over People Who Are Serious. In Politics, The Rare Candidate Who Is Serious, Like Adlai Stevenson, Is Easily Overwhelmed By One Who Is Solemn, Like General Eisenhower. This Is Probably Because It Is Hard For Most People To Recognize Seriousness, Which Is Rare, Especially In Politics, But Comfortable To Endorse Solemnity, Which Is As Commonplace As Jogging.