I told you it was dirty. When you wander into the highest level of international affairs, it’s almost always dirty. - George Alec Effinger

I do not attempt here to derogate my brother’s reading habits, but merely to indicate the disparity in our interests.

Any thought which is printed, either here or in the paper, without subsequent attack is generally believed to be true. This is not so much a logical condition as it is a fault of human nature. A longstanding or constant idea is often equated with a true one.

Turmoil and revolution in their best guises serve to tear down ancient and meaningless customs, in favor of practical social reform.