Because of the terrorist threat, the FBI and CIA have become as important as the military in preserving our freedom. Yet while thanking our military is standard practice in American life, no one thinks of thanking the FBI, the CIA, or the rest of the intelligence community for keeping us safe since 9/11.
Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.
People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.
Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.
Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life.
The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets.
Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased.
Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.
There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life.