Timothy Noah

Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.

Customer service, they say, is dead. Actually, it isn't. It's just hiding behind a call center in Manila.

If you want to slow medical inflation in the private sector, it makes sense to expand the government's investment in private health care.

I love the character of Jaime Lannister. He's just so complex - a character that we love to hate - but it's a lot more complex than hatred. It starts off, and he seems so arrogant and so smug.

Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses; it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.