[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.

Good and evil are not like the Redskins and the Cowboys.

Even when conservatives have all the marbles, they still act as if they're under siege. Now that they are under siege, it is no time for them to act as if they're losing their marbles.

A friendship between reporter and source lasts only until it is profitable for one to betray the other.

We are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures us that they are not better and no happier than all the people with their noses pressed hard against the glass.

I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men.

Digital platforms are worthless without content. They're shiny sacks with bells and whistles, but without content, they're empty sacks. It is not about pixels versus print. It is not about how you're reading. It is about what you're reading.