"We don’t have to stumble over that word anymore. Marriage will be marriage in Illinois."

"The daily battle hasn't been good versus evil. It's hardly so epic. Most days, my real battle is doing good versus doing nothing."

"Liberty Counsel didn’t dare to put the company on its Naughty List. This year, they’re hoping we just don’t notice they’re ignoring it."

"We see the 20K house as a moral obligation."

"Jerry Jones doesn't want to fight DeAngelo Hall. He won't ever need to, because such is his power that he can erect a Wonderland of a stadium, reduce men to toy soldiers, and toss their battered bodies out onto the street when he's done."

"'Four-car garages, master suites, and cathedral ceilings'—that is a good description of everybody's house now."

"Since I read a book on sports, I feel that I know more than the coaches, anyway."

"Well at least my theory provides an answer!"

"'In my youth,' said Ms. Atwood, 'I blurbed with the best; / I practically worked with a stencil!'"

Steve Thorngate

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

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