It's almost a shock to me to go into places, and there's smoking these days. Boy, my life has changed, because everybody used to smoke.

If you get the U.N. to say we're going to solve the Syrian problem, if you get the Russians involved in a productive posture, you are making progress, but the Republican core says no strategy or failed strategy.

The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins - is another sad reminder of the extreme political polarization distorting today's politics. No one talks about a 50-state strategy for winning the presidency these days.

My wife and I, Delice and I, are empty nesters.

Hikes in the debt ceiling - without any political demands from the opposition party - had been routine until President Obama took office.

[Barack] Obama administration looking at taking a more aggressive stance and some of the Arab countries coming together.

I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws.