This may be one of the real tragedies of free market capitalism gone awry. The quality of our intellectual life is declining in the throes of profit and loss, and the proof is in the process. — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Smokers, like so many of us, are mavericks when they're healthy but parasites when they're not. They trash their bodies and then expect the… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
Isn't it curious how quickly a conservative becomes a libertarian when he's caught sinning? There's a lesson in that somewhere, if only the Christian… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
The feminist establishment has made choice a woman's issue. The Christian right has made life a religious issue. Both have made loyalty crucial. If… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
The twin causes Bin Laden invokes are Islam and Arab self-determination, and armies rise to serve him. No need to convert or dogmatize. Believers… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
Private academic institutions admit the children of alumni because substantial parts of their operating budgets come from the financial contributions of alumni. — Norah Vincent Copy Share
My gender has roots in my brain, possibly biochemical ones, living very close to the roots of my self-image... Far, far closer than my… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
Race is not the stumbling block to progress it once was, in large part because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
Practically as soon as the towers hit the ground on Sept. 11, pundits of the left like Noam Chomsky and Susan Sontag took advantage… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
Americans love a morality tale, especially one that's been taken from real life. We like facile categories of good and bad, and we like… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
People who dislike Oprah's Book Club dislike it for the same reason that they dislike Barnes & Noble. The fact that the two do… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
The candidates who get themselves elected are illusionists and prevaricators of the first order. We expect this of them. They're a reflection of us,… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
I learned that gender identity runs very deep in all of us, very near the center of our sense of self and messing with… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
You've got to lie skillfully to get elected, because you've got to convince a whole zoo of self-involved ciphers that you've got every one… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
Publishers and writers are desperate to cash in on the latest craze, be it baseball, the founding fathers or jihad. Their livelihoods depend on… — Norah Vincent Copy Share
