The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics

I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.

Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar characters from the world of organized crime. As fans of Boardwalk Empire know, a bagman is a political fixer who walked around with stacks of $100 and $1,000 bills. At lower levels, he used brown paper bags. In presidential campaigns, the cash was more likely to be in briefcases. Classier that way.

The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive.

If Franz Kafka were alive today he'd be writing about customer service.

The key to fixing education is better teaching, and the key to better teaching is figuring out who can teach and who can't.

With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network.