It will be important to restore those provisions, those disclose provisions, those release provisions so that presidents are indeed held accountable and their information and papers are made public.

...In the vast majority of drug experiments, it is not uncommon for none or one or two of hundreds of patients to benefit from the drug.

These human experiments have gone largely unchallenged and unquestioned by Congress, the medical profession, and the scientific community at large.

I would argue that in times of war, sealed lips sink entire democracies. If we don't have access to vital information, we lose everything.

There's no faster way or surer way to consolidate power and disenfranchise critics than to operate in secret. So this plays squarely into the promotion of the unitary executive. That's one factor.

Secrecy doesn't attach to particular parties; it attaches to power. All of the bull work is in place for whomever succeeds. That's my concern.

The SBUs have spread like kudzu and are choking off everyone's ability to see what the hell's going on in government.

The mechanics vary from place to place and from office to office. The handling of SBUs can be different in the same agency just across the hall, one from another. There are virtually no standards.

Spirituality is strength of the spirit.

It's a myth that boys don't like to gossip.

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.

I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.

I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.

I get given loads of rubbish. So, I have two Alanis Morissette records which I hide when anyone with taste calls around.

Day by day. No yesterdays and no tomorrows. The barometer never changes, the flag is always at half-mast.

A good writer wants from us — or has no right to ask more than — intelligence, good faith and time.

You're excuses are so lame they're limping.

One quick way to destroy a society is through its music.