A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it.

The House looks like more fun. It's like the Donahue show. The Senate is like one of those Sunday morning public service programs.

We [in USA] have people honestly believing that, if a president calls a war, you have to shut up and sing. That is not the nation my mother raised me to pledge my allegiance to. We should speak out. We sent thousands of Americans to foreign battlefields to protect our way of life, which includes free speech. If you're not going to use it, it's already lost. We'll find a Mussolini who will tell us what's good for us.

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.

Will you remember me when I'm gone?

If Stalin ever told me to urinate, I'm not sure I'd be able to.