History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.

This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in an instant for ourselves or someone we love.

F.D.R. had to deal with Southern segregationists - and outright racists - who held power in Congress, so he had to yield to that power in order to get his New Deal legislation passed.

Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.

In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.

Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this 'socialism' is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it 'un-American' is a smear.

Television is one of the most fickle businesses that there are, you are in favour one minute and out the next.