I'd pick - my father would bring home about six newspapers. We had 10 in Boston at the time.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

One of the worst elements of Obama's career, which no one talks about, is that he voted twice for a bill that said, if there is a botched abortion, if the child emerges from the womb alive, it should be okay to kill the baby. We have elected a president - twice! - who agrees with infanticide.

[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington's band, but that's now impossible.

Lilian Ross was a - veteran writer for The New Yorker. She, in fact, brought me to The New Yorker many years ago.

Even civics classes have almost disappeared from the schools. So things have not gotten any better.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.