It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement .

When entertainment works the best, you're creating an apparatus to convey emotions.

When I was young and I look at the things that I wrote - I don't think that was the word they used back then, but they had a hipster sensibility. They were a little irreverent.

Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.

Depending on which side you're on, maybe the police are too objective and need to be a bit more subjective.

When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.

Facts tend to take the punch out of a good hate rant and are therefore left best unsaid.