Contracting corruption has been around since the construction of the Appian Way.

In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life.

Capitalism is a system for determining objective value.

In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing; you've always got a puncher's chance.

One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues and ideas.

Everybody I knew, practically, was a journalist when I was a kid - my father, all of his friends. I never wanted to be like those people.

In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.