I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.

I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the twin towers crumble to the ground, a side of the Pentagon destroyed, and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble.

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.

Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains.

I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.

It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.

Hurricane Sandy interrupted Mr. Romney’s momentum and allowed Mr. Obama to look presidential and bipartisan.