The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward…

- Joel Achenbach

Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood,…

- Joel Achenbach

Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be negative tax rates. There can be s…

- Joel Achenbach

Never has good weather felt so bad. Never have flowers inspired so much fear. Never has the warm caress of a sunbeam seemed so ominous. The weather i…

- Joel Achenbach

There is nothing scarier than a mediocre man with a mission.

- Joel Achenbach

Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.

- Joel Achenbach

Uncertainty is inevitable at the frontiers of knowledge.

- Joel Achenbach

It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short and you…

- Joel Achenbach

Girls were nice to me in the same way that they would be nice to a hamster. I fantasized about wild encounters with females but knew they'd never hap…

- Joel Achenbach