[In politics,] when there is no reason to speak, there is a reason not to speak..

Why be thrifty when your old age and health care are provided for, no matter how profligate you act in your youth? Why be prudent when the state insu….

Modern authoritarianism, as it's growing inside Europe and now coming to the United States, rests much more on the use of power to protect the guilty….

An American-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein - and the replacement of the radical Baathist dictatorship with a new government more closely aligned wit….

Republicans have been fleeced and exploited and lied to by a conservative entertainment complex..

The system we have is one that protects my rights under a president I don`t approve. That tomorrow we`ll do the same for you. And what people have in….

We've all been wrong- I certainly have- and we should thank those who set us right. Not always fun, but always best in the end..

The Great Society went wrong for three major reasons. First, the self-organization the Johnson administration promoted turned out to be not the pooli….

We all have more at stake in the rules of the game than we do in the outcomes of the game. When that changes, that's when you begin to lose democracy..

Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads..

But the thought leaders on talk radio and Fox do more than shape opinion. Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported by t….

Those who seem to despise half of America will never be trusted to govern any of it. Those who cherish only the country's past will not be entrusted ….

No one is murdered in Hungary and there are no illegal arrests, but people have begun again, when they talk to you in a public place looking around t….

In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it..

You've worked hard all your life. You've paid Medicare taxes for almost 30 years. But under the Republican plan, Medicare won't be there for you. Ins….

Donald Trump, as a businessman, he's not much of a builder and he's not much of dealmaker and he certainly isn't very good at making expenses line up….

The Canadian middle class is under less pressure than any other middle class in any developed country on the planet. So they feel good. They feel opt….

Civil unrest, civil turmoil is not a challenge to President Trump. It's a resource for him. He needs to create an image of a polarized country in whi….

People who want to wage cultural wars ought to keep in mind that cultural views often don't move at all for a very long time, but when they move they….

Elites are inevitable in politics. That is how politics is going to work. The question is, are your elites responsible, public-spirited? Do they thin….

I am a very conservative person. And there are a lot of things that Donald Trump's government or administration is doing that I might agree with. The….