I Got Into Journalism Because I Came

The Democrats Current Crudeness Is A Function Of Their Desperation, And The Imminent Ratification Of Howard Dean, The Least Charming Presidential Candidate In Recent Memory, As Their Party Chairman Only Serves To Punctuate The Problem.

Dictating To Dictators Doesn't Work; They Are Congenitally Delusional About Their Own Indispensability.

Back In George W. Bush's Second Term, When Diplomatic Realism Began To Overtake Foolish Bellicosity, The President Developed One Of His Patented Nicknames For The Two Most Powerful Neoconservative Journalists, William Kristol And Charles Krauthammer: He Called Them 'the Bomber Boys.'

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

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.