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

Conservatives have been mad at the Supreme Court since it decided to desegregate the schools in 1954 and seen fit to blame the federal bench for everything that has happened since then that they don't like.

Freedom fighters don't always win, but they're always right.

I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.

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.

The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have to re-learn it. It's about political courage and heroes, and when a country is desperate for leadership. There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times.

Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.