After years of denial and deception, the Philip Morris company has admitted that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and other diseases. This formal acknowledgment comes far too late but still we must all welcome it. It can be the beginning of clearing the air.

The Reagan-Bush years have exalted private gain over public obligation, special interests over the common good, wealth and fame over work and family. The 1980s ushered in a Gilded Age of greed and selfishness, of irresponsibility and excess, and of neglect.

Since I don't have access to the White House pastry chef anymore, it's done wonders for my figure.

If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started with my grandfather.

Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there's plenty of people below you but no one's listening.

You can't be involved in modern American politics without somebody attacking you.

I spent a lot of time when I was president, trying to end wars, prevent killing, and promote understanding. What I have seen is that peace works better than conflict, and one of the best manifestations of it is in travel and tourism.