The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

All of the leading terrorism experts are clear on one thing: that in terms of protecting America, we are almost never going to know a place or a time of an attack.

Who besides guys like me are part of the reality-based community?

Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.

For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.

Reaching out to any fellow ghetto kids is an act he puts in the same category as doing drugs: the initial rush of warmth and euphoria puts you on a path to ruin.