I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.

If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

As a personal matter, I stopped voting more than a decade ago, on the grounds that it helped me as an analyst not to think about making a choice in the voting booth.

For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to his craft. For me, he is a man who fused joy and courage as few others ever have. My life was enriched by having such a friend; it is poorer for losing such a friend.

Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.

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.