I was possessing heroin in fairly large quantities in New York City during the years of the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws. Had I been busted, I would have faced mandatory life in prison. I don't think many white kids walked, either. I knew one who got 15 years for pot.

It is not a coincidence that Donald Trump has attracted white supremacists.

Knowing the identity of the leaker helps you analyze the likelihood that the material is real.

Donald Trump is a boor, and cannot stop being a boor.

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.

Is it really the right of the media to dictate to the president whom he will allow in his press conferences? That's tetchier. And then there is the added issue of whether it would be a service to their readers, and the country at large, for, say, the Washington Post to take itself out of the room -- meaning they don't have the ability to ask important questions the president is obliged to answer? I think that would be a mistake.

I have some advice: Unless she is pregnant or handicapped, don't give up a seat to a woman unless you KNOW she is well over 60. Trust me on this, even if I am a liberal.