"I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure ..." — P. J. O'Rourke

America is not doctrinaire. It's hard for an American politician to come up with an ideological position that is permanently unforgivable.

Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking them.

A penny will not buy a penny postcard or a penny whistle or a single piece of penny candy. It will not even, if you're managing the U.S. Mint, buy a penny.

A deadly sins addendum is long overdue. Life has changed since Pope Gregory the Great scribbled his initial list in the sixth century.