Quote of the Day

| August 23, 2003

In Paris this spring, a government official explained to me how Europeans had created a more civilised society than America – socialised healthcare, shorter work weeks, more holidays. We’ve just seen where that leads: gran’ma turned away from the hospital to die in an airless apartment because junior’s sur la plage. M Chirac’s somewhat tetchy suggestion […]

Quote of the Day

| August 15, 2003

I gladly — nay, ecstatically — left California behind me, but it continues to intrude into my life, stealing my attention from the things to which I’d rather pay attention…. Davis himself called the recall ‘an insult’ to those who voted for him. He’s right: it is an insult to them, and they deserve it. […]