The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M.

We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves.

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

As a writer, I have to admit, there is something darkly compelling about Alzheimer's because it attacks the two things most central to a writer's craft - language and memory, which together make up an individual's identity. Alzheimer's makes a new character out of a familiar person.

The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality is that universities should be in the business of providing large spectacles of mass entertainment. The fundamental absurdity of that notion requires the promulgation of the various deceits necessary to carry it out.

We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.

In order to get big things done, sometimes, presidents have to be deft at moving the pea around under the shells.