The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream.

You`ve got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There`s no countervailing power.

I think that in politics, when people want to discredit a particular position, they say, "Oh, they are liberals," or "They are conservatives; we are centrists." Everybody wants to be a centrist.

When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.

In journalism, there are only two stories - "Oh, the wonder of it," and "Oh, the shame of it."

Being critical of the nation is a far cry from being unpatriotic or anti-American. In fact, most social criticism . . . is based on a love of America's ideals and a concern we're not living up to them.

Every organization, no matter who it is, just follow the money.