It's hard to come back from the Balkans and not sound like a Pete Seeger song. - P. J. O'Rourke

"Malthus,", says Vice President Al Gore in Earth in the Balance, "was right in predicting that the population would grow geometrically." Al, as the father of four children, should know.

There are probably more fact-finding tours of Nicaragua right now than there are facts— the country has shortages of practically everything.

Even newlyweds don't spend much time together, now that few marriages outlast the appliance warranties.