What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this is the more important story: What policy wins if the one being disclosed loses?

The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government.

The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.

A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years.

The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.