In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.

Manners are just a formal expression of how you treat people.

Of course, it has never paid much.

The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.

When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.

It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.

I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.