I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.

Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.

A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.

Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.

I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.

Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.