In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.

Intelligence collection has been given an additional bureaucracy to correct the problems created by too much bureaucracy in intelligence collection.

The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborgini to the Gran Prix track to watch the charter buses race.

When a private entity does not produce the desired results, it is (certain body parts excepted) done away with. But a public entity gets bigger.

The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and we can fix that."

Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.

Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit