The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France'

The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France'

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down.

There are more facts and more truths told in the first eight minutes of The Daily Show than most political news conferences in Washington.

What I did was experiment with a little marijuana like a lot of other people and walked away...

Washington tends to be full of too many traps. I think reporters there do a lot of attending news briefings and news conferences expecting to get the real news out of those relatively sterile environments. But you've got to deal with the obscure people as well as the names.

Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a helpful guide to the daily habits and needs of us all.