But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness... & ... Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.–

Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.

Economists are economical, among other things, of ideas; most make those of their graduate days do for a lifetime.