I'm here as a radio journalist but am not even sure which part of a tape recorder takes the pictures.

The Greenpeace booth at all the rock and roll shows nowadays are akin to the old sorcerers who used to stand in the middle of villages warning of danger, 'When night wolf swallows mother moon, there will be great famine.'

Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

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."

Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been asked "What's the big idea?" knows, most big ideas are bad ones.

There was an austerely dignified award ceremony. By that I mean we had to buy our own drinks - in clear violation of the international journalists'code of truth, fairness and an open bar.

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.