The tension between the governed and the governing is what makes the world go 'round. It's not love, it's that tension, because that tension exists in love affairs. The whole idea of control is at the heart of human relationships. Control and resistance to control.

Carter is the best President the Soviet Union ever had.

Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day.

You don't overturn a previous court's decisions lightly and I think most Americans are somewhere in the middle on abortion and there's not going to be a revolution here at all.

I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.

Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.