One thing we are sure of is there's no one like Nelson Mandela out there. That's too bad for us.

We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning.

Like most of us, I determined that I'd rather be a large part of the problem than a small part of the solution.

You struggle with your demons and you conquer them.

We're all worm bait waiting to happen. It's what you do while you wait that matters.

My three favorite travel writers of all time are Robert Louis Stevenson, Graham Greene, and Chuck Thompson. Smile When You're Lying not only tells the truth about the travel-writing racket, it gets to the heart of some of the travel industry's best-kept secrets.

The distance between the limousine and the gutter is a short one.