Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry little sociopaths. Pretty and slick -- in love with themselves. When's the last time you saw a seeing-eye cat?

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

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

It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.

Information is the hardest currency.

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

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.