"The guillotine is barbaric. But to me, that's a point in its favor."

"If I weren’t connected to all these people online, then I truly wouldn’t care about the Nigerian girls because I wouldn’t know about them. As it is, I am horrified and stricken but can’t do a damn thing."

"Fixes are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of responsiveness and of good management. And the Affordable Care Act does have its flaws. Here’s a big one."

"The issue feels more morally complex to me than it had before I met my daughter. But I am also more pro-choice than before."

"Even Johnny Depp is no more an image bearer, and no less, than my skinny, bearded husband working on the roof with a bloody thumb."

"According to Keane, this is the market 'reacting.' It's certainly heartwarming to see such dedication to free enterprise."

"The problem with Cliven Bundy isn't that he is a racist but that he is an oafish racist. He invokes the crudest stereotypes, like cotton picking. This makes white people feel bad."

"Much of this “geeks shall inherit the earth” rhetoric is little more than patriarchy’s bespectacled wingman."

"Austria demands Serbia buy it a whole new suit because of the new beer stains on its trouser leg."

“Want to go to a career fair and pass out business cards with slightly inaccurate phone numbers and made-up email addresses?”

"Quotations usually introduced by 'it states' (FREE SPACE)."

"It’s easier to say, 'I’ll be the one with the yellow and black checkered face' than explain how far from the third trash can from the boardwalk you are."

"The woman is trying to make the bed. We go live to Puck for more."

Steve Thorngate

The Century managing editor is also a church musician and songwriter.

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