When Michael Jackson, a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich, white woman, married Elvis Presley's daughter the Scientologist. Makes you proud to be an American, dudn't it?

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

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.

I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.

...you could have knocked me over with Michael Huffington's brain.

Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.