We Journalists Are Never So Idiotic As

I'm In Favour Of Politicians Having Extra-marital Relationships. Oh Yeah. It Makes Them More Understanding Of The Flaws That The Rest Of Us Have.

Cynicism Is What Passes For Insight Among The Mediocre.

Bush Promised A Foreign Policy Of Humility And A Domestic Policy Of Compassion. He Has Given Us A Foreign Policy Of Arrogance And A Domestic Policy That Is Cynical, Myopic And Cruel.

What Do You Do In A Novel? You Take Recognizable Characters From Your Own Life, And You Fantasize About What They're Really Like.

Political Courage Requires Clarity. The Obama Administration Chose The Tortured Route Of Arguing The Legality Of The Individual Mandate Via The Interstate Commerce Clause For One Simple Reason: It Did Not Want To Take The Political Risk Of Allowing Opponents To Call It A Tax Increase. That Was Stupid. The Republicans Were Calling It A Tax Increase Anyway.