Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley
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He?s an American archetype, the PR hustler, who is sort of basically good at heart, but he?s in it for the thrill of the verbal chase and he?s excited by it and he gets carried away with his own artistry.
smoking arguing argument
That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.
stars past years
And each year now we know more, but we know no better — what we see in the sky is simply the softened gloss of the past sifting back to us, and likewise, every atom down the body’s shining length was inside a star, and will be again.
philosophy government cells
Who knew, in 2000, that 'compassionate conservatism' meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism in disaster relief? Who knew, in 2000, that the only bill the president would veto, six years later, would be one on funding stem-cell research? A more accurate term for Mr. Bush's political philosophy might be incontinent conservatism.
time-zones brain president
The vice-president's tongue is several time zones ahead of his brain.
mail herpes
E-mails are the new herpes: You never get rid of them.
rivers parent doe
One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You're next.
language english-language essayists
Christopher Hitchens is the greatest living essayist in the English language.
temperature vacancy court
Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court.