You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.

When I graduated high school, nearly a half-million people subscribed to 'Popular Electronics' magazine. Soldering up some radio or hi-fi amplifier on the basement workbench was not just a personal passion - a lot of young people were doing the same. The magazine expired in 1999 for lack of interest.

The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word.

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.