I spent almost 25 years as a foreign correspondent, and the world's primary problem is poverty.

Los Angeles is many places in one place.

Fishing... is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.

With the war in Iraq, I had the cooperation of the Department of Defense. Kuwait was pretty eager to get American journalists in there, to show us what a wonderful place they are, and what great allies they are to America, even though they didn't actually fight in the war.

Government usually doesn't work. It doesn't work because it is political. People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. The difference between the political process and an honest life is the difference between parading around waving picket signs while hollering catcalls in front of the White House and getting up in the morning to go make a living.

Smoking crack is a way for people who couldn't afford college to study the works of Charles Darwin.

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.