In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit reduction.

We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing.

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel.

I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.

Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.

Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.

You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.