I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.

Moscow has changed. I was here in 1982, during the Brezhnev twilight, and things are better now. For instance, they've got litter. In 1982 there was nothing to litter with.

The day was warm and clear. Kids were playing soccer in the parking lots and women were sunning their babies and having their tea all over the lawns. The scene was entirely too cheery for journalism.

A nation with a goofy foreign policy needs a very serious policy of defense.

War will exist as long as there's a food chain.

A world government run by the UN will be like getting an old, purblind, half-deaf substitute teacher.

I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up.