Barack Obama's Inspirational Whoosh To The Presidency

I Believe That Poverty Is Often The Result Of Inappropriate Behavior - Out-of-wedlock Births, Dropping Out Of School, Crime And Drugs - Which Should Not Be Rewarded. But Often It Isn't, And Common Decency Requires That We Take Care Of The Least Of These.

George W. Bush Will Surely Deserve That Woolliest Of All Peace Prizes, The Nobel.

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.

Anonymous Sources Are A Practice Of American Journalism In The 20th And 21st Century, A Relatively Recent Practice. The Literary Tradition Of Anonymity Goes Back To The Bible.

I've Been Described As A Grizzled Political Veteran.