Timothy Noah : (6)

" With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion. " - Timothy Noah

" There’s no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases. " - Timothy Noah

" Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader’s commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word. That word is ‘federal.’ Anyone who will say he favors Kurdish federalism can be counted a friend of the Kurds. " - Timothy Noah

" If Romney were a chair, he’d be a squishy, expensively upholstered easy chair that bore the imprint of whoever last sat on it. " - Timothy Noah

" Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic sank, and risk management is a good deal worse. " - Timothy Noah

" Bottom line: A market approach to national defense would give us a lousy national defense. " - Timothy Noah