I think I'm careful. My goal is to try to stay away as much from opinion journalism as possible.

If you take the conflicts we are used to dealing with, race over the years in America, and you combine that with the desire or aspiration to political power or taking power from other people, which is what politics is all about, you end up with a lot more friction than you would normally see with just straight-ahead politics.

The latest national polls show a tightening in the race to the White House, especially in key states like Ohio and Florida. But when it comes down to it, winning in November [2016] will depend on which candidate has a viable path to 270 electoral votes.

It's not surprising that you wouldn't see that side of me on television, but in real life I find the world to be quite a funny place.

We used to say in the black community that if somebody else caught a cold, we caught pneumonia.

Mormon leaders said in a statement they will reexamine their ties to the Boy Scouts. "The church," they said, "has always welcomed all boys to its Scouting units regardless of sexual orientation. However, the admission of openly gay leaders is inconsistent with the doctrines of the church and what have traditionally been the values of the Boy Scouts of America."

I spent my career trying to speak to the broadest possible audience whether it's in print or whether it's in television.