Teapot Whistles

When the teapot whistles, it’s time to change the subject. Blessed are the conversants whose teapots never boil. – E.O. 

Life Support

“If you believe life exists in the womb, you have to support policies that protect that life.” – Dan Lipinski

Cancellation

“To do a cancellation is a very warm, social thing. It has the energy of a potluck. Everyone brings what they can, and everyone is impressed by the creativity of their friends. It’s a positive thing, what you’re doing, and it doesn’t feel like battle so much as...

Statistics Again

“Where mere statistics are enough to enmesh an employer in costly litigation over an inflated meaning of ‘discrimination,’ locations some distance from concentrations of minority workers become more attractive as sites for factories and offices. This works to the...

Faithless Faithlessness

“I still cursed God, as we all do when we get bad news and pain. Not even the most faith-impaired among us shouts, ‘Damn quantum mechanics!’ ‘Damn organic chemistry! ‘Damn chaos and coincidence!’” – P.J. O’Rourke