International politics is not my strong suit. The older I get the less certain I am that I even HAVE a strong suit.

I don't think the people of Chicago should be robbed of their birthright to be perennial losers.

Reporters are not merely recording devices that take down what people say and repeat it in print; we are expected to use our knowledge and experience both for triage - deciding what's important to cover and what isn't - and for contextualizing, analyzing and such.

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out.

I believe men's faces come in two kinds: Faces that need a blade, and faces that need an electric. I never was happy with an electric. I became pizzaneck.

Editorials are editorials. They a supposed to have an opinion, even a very strong one.

It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.