I think socialism is really about recognizing that there are limits to what the market can do. The market is very useful; at times it works very well, but it doesn't always work.

The great rebalancing -- what does recovery mean today?

I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.

I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and now.

The years in captivity fuels character development

Talent without money, coach, vision and mission is a piteous adventure.

Sally Jenkins of the 'Washington Post' is the best sports columnist in the country. Second best is Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN.com, and third is Dan Wetzel on Yahoo!

I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.

We know that the governments in most of the successor states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union are replaced through a process of regular elections.

I bend, but I do not break.

I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.

Room service. You like me fluff pillow?