A critical function that we journalists perform at political conventions is to try to get into parties that we have not been invited to. There are dozens of these parties, sponsored by large corporations with a sincere public-spirited desire to become larger.

Florida's number three industry, behind tourism and skin cancer, is voter fraud.

Talking about golf is always boring. Playing golf can be interesting, but not the part where you try to hit the little ball; only the part where you drive the cart.

I believe many Harley guys spend more time revving their engines than actually driving anywhere; I sometimes wonder why they bother to have wheels on their motorcycles.

It was not easy victory in the America Cup. Our boys spent years experimenting with different designs for their boat before they came up with the innovative idea of having a submerged nuclear submarine tow it.

I suspect that LaGuardia is an elaborate prank, and New York has a real airport nearby that only locals know about.

There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece.