Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in certain states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, where the old joke is literally true about the citizens who say they haven't yet formed an opinion about a candidate because they've only met the fellow a few times.

If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself.

In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people information they would find useful because you think they shouldn't find it useful is censorship, not journalism.

I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks.

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech of your own.