Throughout this country’s history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass. less than 1 minute read
I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks. less than 1 minute read
History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It’s one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn’t live without. less than 1 minute read
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. less than 1 minute read
The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that’s about it. less than 1 minute read
You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft. less than 1 minute read
Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable social program in the history of the United States. less than 1 minute read
