I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it.

Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company.

Given the genocidal belligerence of Iranian threats against Israel, it is hard to take issue with Israel's right to preemptive self-defense.

For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world.

I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it.

I don't have any shame.

I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator.