"I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature." — Rick Perlstein

What is considered 'conservative' and what is considered 'liberal' changes in any given era.

Here's an irony of the history of conservatism's relationship with business and business's relationship with conservatism: 'Wall Street' used to be the right-wing industrialists of the forties and fifties' greatest term of derision. (Wall Street was the place that humiliated them by forcing them, hat in hand, to beg for capital).

For a movement supposedly devoted to conserving the past, conservatives are oh-so-splendid at forgetting their own past.

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'