“I don’t have a drinking problem ‘cept when I can’t get a drink.” –Tom Waits “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart”, Small Change (1976).

Here are some questions about grammar I got from readers of my grammar column together with my answers: Q, Which of these is correct: “cannot” or “can not”? A. Both are acceptable, but “cannot” is more common. The two-word version can be used for emphasis: No, you can not eat the salamander. Q. Which of … More Grammar Questions

“Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.”– Gore Vidal

“Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.”–Gore Vidal

“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”—Bertrand Russel.  “The Triumph of Stupidity.”  http://russell-j.com/0583TS.HTM

“NOEL: You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.” ― Hillary DePiano, New Year’s Thieve

“The word ‘glamour’ comes from the word ‘grammar’, and since the Chomskyan revolution the etymology has been fitting. Who could not be dazzled by the creative power of the mental grammar, by its ability to convey an infinite number of thoughts with a finite set of rules?” ― Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct: How the … More Quote of the Day

“Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such,” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism    

“By standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people, I believe I am fulfilling one of the central spiritual directives of my religious tradition – namely that we must stand with the oppressed and call out the oppressor.”– Rabbi Brant Rosen http://jewschool.com/2015/07/37432/interview-brant-rosen/  

I highly recommend Rabbi Brant Rosen’s blog for anybody interested in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. http://rabbibrant.com/