The flaw in, say, austerity, is that its success is predicated on the relative exactitude of math rather than the shifting, liquid imperfection of people's lives.

The element which is conveniently missing from today’s Republican Party is the human one. People’s hopes and realities become numbers and words, devoid of personality and easy to erase.

What’s hard, it seems, is living up to the words spoken by Jesus Christ, who preached naught but love and mercy and justice and humility.

I’ve rarely gotten a good review in my life, yet, to paraphrase Noel Coward, I am happy to console myself with the bitter palliative of commercial success.

From the moment America went full-on industrial, it seems like it’s been a steady path towards people never having to be physically present in order to satisfy their needs.

My experience tells me that any time you hear people laughing on a sitcom, it’s the writers who happen to be closest to the microphones – not the audience.

I’ve been a fan of the Marvel Universe since I was a little child.

If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News has, we’d all be speaking Cokelish today.

What’s hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

We have as a nation been duped by those who use our guilt about how we treated the innocent pawns in the Vietnam War game – the soldiers – into missing the point once again about the utter senselessness that is war.