The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the read more

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

I can't imagine he would have stayed up so late the night before a Test match.

I can't imagine he would have stayed up so late the night before a Test match.

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round read more

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.

We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man.

We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man.

Aaron isn't afraid of confrontations. He has come so far in the last couple years. Before, he seemed to be read more

Aaron isn't afraid of confrontations. He has come so far in the last couple years. Before, he seemed to be pitching away from contact, trying to miss bats. That guy has vanished. Now, he pitches with the confidence that the batter can't get to it.

Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of read more

Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of the tango, we might be able to bring back two lost traditions.

Figures won't lie, but liars will figure.

Figures won't lie, but liars will figure.

Is there an audience for it? I don't know. I don't think it's the audience who bought it originally. But read more

Is there an audience for it? I don't know. I don't think it's the audience who bought it originally. But there's a younger audience that might appreciate it. These are good songs.

It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal

It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal