Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.

I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.

I think that obviously humans find it very difficult to believe that there is no there there. So they created these stories and myths to give their lives some meaning.

Silence is deeply important in all of our lives.

I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

Everyone gets meaning in different ways.