Schoolteachers seemed determined to persuade me that 'classic' is a synonym for 'narcotic'.

Baltimore is permissiveness. The pleasures of the flesh, the table, the bottle, and the purse are tolerated with a civilized understanding.

Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.

Letter writing was clearly important to Reagan. Even as president he kept dashing off letters to friends, pen pals, media people, statesmen, critics, and the kind of people who write to presidents never expecting a reply.

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.

Every day and in every way, baseball gets fancier. A few more years and they'll be playing on oriental rugs.

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.