Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

You can't get something for nothing. Everybody remembers this except politicians.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

Humans have trouble with economics, as you may have noticed, and not just because economic circumstances sometimes cause them to starve. Humans seem to have an innate inability to pay attention to economic principles.

Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated -- serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.

Lampoon was a very collegial operation, though "collegial" usually means "friendly" and it wasn't that friendly. But we were tight, like a family.

Normally, the job sucks but work is kinda fun, because you see your friends and flirt with girls and stuff.