Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

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.

Something about her eyes or voice has always suggested the hint of a free spirit, trapped in a Peck and Peck cage, dreaming of making rude noises at public gatherings of Republicans.

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

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.

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

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