The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision.

When I was governor, if I told a joke in front of the press - I learned. I would go, "That was a joke, joke, joke," and I'd say it three times.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

They look like to carp going after the same piece of corn.

I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.'

All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.

In February 2003, I signed a three-year contract with MSNBC to host a talk show. Having recently decided not to run again for governor of Minnesota, I was still a pretty hot commodity. The show was originally scheduled for an hour, four nights a week.