Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we're their most reliable ally, too.

I'm not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.

My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.

I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making.

The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.

Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

It's a lot better to hope than not to.