Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses.

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.

Reading Ehrenreich is good for the soul.

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

Conservatives are fond of pointing out there are problems in this world can't be solved by throwing money at them. There are even more that can't be solved by dropping bombs on them.

Personally, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build or you can use a hammer to destroy; there is nothing intrinsically good or evil about the hammer itself. It is the purposes to which it is put and the skill with which it is used that determine whether the hammer's work is good or bad.