I Think The "crime Novel" Has Replaced

How Do You Explain To Yourself The Casual Manner In Which You Threw Your Life Away?

I Also Believe My Home State Is Cursed By Ignorance And Poverty And Racism, Much Of It Deliberately Inculcated To Control A Vulnerable Electorate. And I Believe Many Of The Politicians In Louisiana Are Among The Most Stomach-churning Examples Of White Trash And Venality I Have Ever Known. To Me, The Fact That Large Numbers Of People Find Them Humorously Picaresque Is Mind Numbing, On A Level With Telling Fond Tales Of One's Rapist.

Neither Our Own Passing Nor The Passing Of An Era Is A Tragedy, No Matter How Much We Would Like To Think It Is.

..why Is It That In Problematic Situations Almost Everyone Resorts To Axioms And Societal Remedies That In Actuality Almost Nobody Believes In?...ask Yourself, Have You Ever Known Anyone Whose Marriage Was Saved By A Marriage Counselor, Whose Drinking Was Cured By A Psychiatrist, Whose Son Was Kept Out Of Reform School By A Social Worker?

When People Make A Contract With The Devil And Give Him An Air-conditioned Office To Work In, He Doesn't Go Back Home Easily.