The myth of the inevitability of economic globalization is based largely on the work of Milton Friedman, and easily the most underreported story of our time is that the current economy proves Friedman flatly wrong.

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.

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

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt probably didn't was a lot of time thinking about the people who build their pyramids, either.

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.