Although I am ready to defend what I have said, many people expect me to defend what others have attributed to me.

One of the reasons for conspiracy theories is an assumption that people in high places always know what they are doing. When they do something that makes no sense, devious reasons are imagined by conspiracy theorists, when in fact it may be due to plain old ignorance and incompetence.

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

Ego trips by coteries of self-exalting people are treated in the media as idealism, rather than the petty tyranny it is.

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.

No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems - of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind.