Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that debate.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.

Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.

When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.

Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.