diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Five GOP representative candidates this session have shocked me to my soul at how blatant they have trivialized rape. My — Diane Chamberlain, Conduct Unbecoming: Rape, Torture, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from Military Commanders

People are naturally hardworking but will stop working hard at anything if they learn from experience that their effort — Deborah Stone, Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making

Resistance to change in the mental health system comes disguised as protection of civil liberties and freedom of speech. — Tamara Hill, Mental Health In A Failed American System: What Every Parent, Family, & Caregiver Should Know

It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it. — Glenn Greenwald

Extreme right-wingers are known for giving God a bad name; extreme left-wingers are known for giving God a weak name. He — Criss Jami, Killosophy

Washingtonians love the "So-and-so is spinning in his grave" cliché. Someone is always speculating about how some great — Mark Leibovich, This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus plenty of valet parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital

Apocalyptic saucer cults have started to spring up all over America. One small group, which has been receiving messages — Ken Hollings, Welcome to Mars: Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America

Rocket Fever Grips Nation's Teenagers' cheers on enthusiastic newsreel, reflecting the nation's sudden reversal in attit — Ken Hollings, Welcome to Mars: Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America

$Television hols up a mirror to the true nature of family life today. For the first time people see themselves reflected and refracted within its curved glass screen: helping them to define who the are — a rescheduling of life in the suburban living room has taken place.$

Whether the Eisenhower administration has underestimated the American people's interest in space exploration or Truman n — Ken Hollings, Welcome to Mars: Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America

The existence of flying saucers is unlikely to be verified by an accumulation of facts and figures, dates and times, whi — Ken Hollings, Welcome to Mars: Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

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