What we did and who we were are just dregs compared to who we are now and how we act when the sword is coming down.

The thing stank of unnamed yearnings, unfulfilled wishes, and a hunger so deep it make her feel hollow inside.

I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys.

A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones.

Part of the redesign of FEMA is that they have so many people on standby, whether it is a retired nurse or a doctor who will take time off to go exactly where they are needed.

Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager.

The fact is that the New Deal was, overall, a dismal failure.

You can't just reprise the news. You have to have journalism that makes a point and you have to be in sync with your audience.

Walt Shaub is a dedicated public servant, has come up through the ranks under both Democrats and Republicans.

What if getting bigger isn't the point? What if you merely got better?

To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.