Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it's safer just to reinforce it. The strategy creates a perverse system of rewards and punishments

Once in a while you have to bite the hand that reads you.

I love to run smart essays and commentary. But it doesn't replace the other kind of reporting

Hide from change and it will hide from you

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.

I just wanted to have fun for myself - I felt I had a lot to say, and I realized that I missed having a magazine as a place to express my ideas. The Times column is a place for me to unload those perceptions

Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child.