As a woman, I know that if I write about another woman, it will be perceived as a catfight.

Afghanistan is more than the 'graveyard of empires.' It's the mother of vicious circles.

If you're famous enough, the rules don't apply.

Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.

For two centuries, the South has feared a takeover by blacks or the feds. In Obama, they have both.

Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk.

Celebrity is the religion of our time.