The Idea Of American Exceptionalism Doesn't Extend

Washington Is A Place Where People Have Always Been Suspect Of Style And Overt Sexuality. Too Much Preening Signals That You're Not Up Late Studying Cap-and-trade Agreements.

Wooing The Press Is An Exercise Roughly Akin To Picnicking With A Tiger. You Might Enjoy The Meal, But The Tiger Always Eats Last.

Military Guys Are Rarely As Smart As They Think They Are, And They've Never Gotten Over The Fact That Civilians Run The Military.

The Mormons Even Baptized Anne Frank. It Took Ernest Michel, Then Chairman Of The American Gathering Of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, Three Years To Get Mormons To Agree To Stop Proxy-baptizing Holocaust Victims.

[on Journalists:] We Are A Noisy, Imperfect Lot, Struggling To Scribble What Has Been Called The First Draft Of History.