Atheism

"The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own." Burke. A Vindication of Natural Society

I.B.Singer

"When I was a young boy, they called me a liar. Now that I'm all grown up, they call me a writer."

--- Isaac Bashevis Singer

Revel

The European establishment, Revel notes, soft-pedals the fact that Europeans “invented the great criminal ideologies of the twentieth century”; it defangs Communism (at “the top French business school,” students think Stalin’s great error was to “prioritize capital goods over . . . consumer goods”);

Sweden

Indeed, according to a recent study by the Swedish Trade Research Institute, Swedes have a slightly lower standard of living than black Americans

Anti-U.S. idealists

And why have these Machiavellians become idealists? Because they no longer have power —and, being powerless, they resent U.S. power, even when it’s used not to conquer but to help.
Robert Kagan

Hitchens

The moment I heard that Christopher Hitchens’ mother was a Jew who denied her origin in order to make him into “a real English Gentleman”

Parenting and pianos

"Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist."

--- Michael Levine