The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.

Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there wasn't a shred of credible evidence to support the claim that a flying saucer crashed here. It didn't matter that there were no credible witnesses to alien bodies.

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'.

We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.