The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.

The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated.

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

I may have made a mistake in renouncing my Canadian citizenship, which I have never ceased to promise to try to regain.

We're going to try and recruit the very best people we can and produce the best papers we can, and publish them to the highest standards we can .

The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.

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.