I like America to some extent.

It's a lot of hard work to do a weekly TV show. It's certainly not fun.

I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks.

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash.

I don't 'support the troops' or any of those other hollow and hypocritical platitudes uttered by Republicans and frightened Democrats. Here's what I do support: I support them coming home. I support them being treated well.

Bush's presidency is revisionism-proof. We're going to be recovering from it for the rest of our lives.

I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they built schools and churches for them, free housing, free food, free everything. It's wrong. No matter how nice you make it look, it's wrong.