William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful.

I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.

I find most 'sacred music' pretty dismal.

It's lamented that the youth get their news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. It's lamentable that they get more from them than from the news.

Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.

The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.