In the traditional urban novel there is only survival or not. The suburban idea the conformist idea that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life but it is not a cure. Same with religion.
If to live is to progress if you are lucky from foolishness to wisdom then...
I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty.
There can never be such a thing as a free market because it is human nature...
Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his...
English majors understand human nature better than economists do.
Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My...
In December 1998 I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year...
When I came home for the summer after my first year of college I told my...
I loved the house the way you would any new house because it is populated by...
Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of...
Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of...
Religion is the idol of the mob it adores everything it does not understand.
When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink and...
I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of...
The advent of a new religion making serious and impressive claims to embody...
I've been a little bit obsessed with religion without being a religious...
I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal...
They become the keepers of the mystery. They place themselves between the...