- Paris Review - from The Art of Fiction CLI: Martin Amis
My queue is always full of,
you know, wild-eyed sleazebags and people who stare at me very intensely, as if I have some particular message for them.
- Think of England and cast your vote for a republic
I appreciate, of course, the feline and sinuous character
of Mr John Howard, and I have spent enough time on the
republican Left to be amazed that any of us has an unshot
foot upon which to stand, but I still boggle at the very
idea that such clear waters could be so muddied.
- I just spent 20 minutes on the phone to London, and...
On Saturdays it will be
possible to see both plays in a single day.
- Buchanan Inc.
Few donors realize that in addition to giving money to the Buchanan cause, they are also
signing up for years of junk mail.
- The Challenger: An Information Disaster

- Introduction to Penguin Soup for the Soul
Tom Tomorrow has the nerve to run captions and bubbles as long as, if not longer than, the
preceding sentence.
- NY Mag - The Boy Can't Help It
"The quality of his mind
impressed us all. It was surprising to find
someone challenging the conventional wisdom
who was barely old enough to know what the
conventional wisdom was."
- Feedmag - As I Lay Lying
"Because that
little fucker -- he made it all up."
- Farewell to the Mike McCurry show
"Mr. Knoller of CBS News ... had a close encounter
with a rat, here in the press briefing room. I know the
feeling," McCurry once quipped.
- Washington Post - Cold Turkey
Needless to say, the tobacco industry would obtain this money
by selling more cigarettes. In fact, the sale of cigarettes
is the financial heart and soul of the War on Smoking.
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