You try to hold on to some notions you might have had before, that this will somehow work out, this is a spell that will lift or be broken.

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

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.

You try to hold on to some notions you might have had before, that this will somehow work out, this is a spell that will lift or be broken.

The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right coming up until the speech, he is convinced that a full plan, letter and verse of what the administration wants, will be released.

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

Wars tend to be very public things, they are visible. There are correspondents traveling with the troops and you get daily dispatches.