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

Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery.

I think you know what? You've got to believe in yourself. You can do it.

I think the president's [Barack Obama] position has been very clear on Syria. He wants more aggressive, he's put the Special Ops on the ground, in fact one of the Republican criticisms is he's got thousands of Americans there. We just don't call them troops on the ground, we don't admit to it. But they are there.

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

The question now is does Obama have any hope of raising money? I don't think he'll raise it out of the New York people, I don't think he's going to raise it out the Hollywood people, so where's the money going to come from for Barack Obama?

There's a difference between using the word to insult somebody and using it to start a journalistic conversation.