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

Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.

Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed.

Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or communists, we are proponents of regulated capitalism and, I might add, people who have read American history.

Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what's wrong, not the ones who just work people into a snit over the problems. Listen to the people who have ideas about how to fix things, not the ones who just blame others.