The consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else.

The consequences for human welfare involved in questions about human capital spillovers are simply staggering. Once one starts to think about them, it's hard to think of anything else

Solitude is an essential quality of wilderness.

Most trails can be fairly simple.

The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.

Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.

Writing involves many [acts] tasks, not just generating text

I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.

It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.

Suffice it to say, there are some very big ideas in Prometheus and, therefore, it covers a very vast expanse of time.

Final installment of Things More Fun Than Reading the Sarah Palin Memoir: Driving into a tree, microwaving your head, and getting stabbed in the eye with a carrot.

I worry that's what people are going to think about me if they kind of go backwards. But if that didn't happen to you, I'll feel better.

There is no prayer so blessed as the prayer which asks for nothing.