Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. - Daniel Suarez

to understand a people, you need to wade into their culture. It’s culture that tells their tale. And music is culture.

Look, let’s not turn this into a blamestorming session. There’ll be plenty of time for that if we fail.

Anyone who has ever tried to share pizza with roommates knows that Communism cannot ever work. If Lenin and Marx had just shared an apartment, perhaps a hundred million lives might have been spared and put to productive use making sneakers and office furniture.