Human beings evolved to avoid face-to-face conflict which was why until very recently everybody was talking behind each…

During the lockdown you were still technically allowed to exercise outdoors but I rigged up

When my father-in-law dusted the cobwebs off our front p… they were back within the week It is hard to feel sorry for a spe… that has negligible capacities for…

If my peccadillos Are mere cigarillos Why is my hide as thick as an arma…

John F. Kennedy’s hair was so lus… for the most part men never wore hats again At first we must have looked oddly like tub…

Jews will tell you Right up front That they believe They are the chosen people WASPs believe that they believe

Today’s peace movement, in a nutsh… Do what we do Not what we say And we say we come in peace Because we’re mostly peaceful

The cogito may be airtight but its reverse– I am, therefore I think– is less certain

I’ve wasted most of my life wondering Why do I believe in God? when I should have been asking Why does God believe in me?

There aren’t any lines That you can’t cross– This is called free will But there are lines That you can’t uncross–

Mother Goose was always considere… a good enough mother Until lately we realized her failure to smother It was unanimous

You can’t watch sports these days… Father Time is undefeated Which is when I always quote Saul… “Vait a minute. Vat about Rocky…

I believe in God and I believe in liberalism The tension between these two beliefs

A movement can only cohere around a shared wish and the left sticks together by collectively wishing that Jews deserve what they get

Time tells a story and linear time is a plot device we’ve made up, call it a time machine, to advance the plot