Forget politics. The real story is the advancements being made in medicine. We're on the verge of conquering cancer and Alzheimer's and numerous othe….

Animals interest me more than anything else..

There is nobody that's ever going to fill Ted Kennedy's shoes, and that's a tall order for somebody in the family to try to live up to..

It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents..

Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie..

I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new m….

Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history..

Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said no..

I learned more about history and literature in the used bookstores in DC than in college libraries..

I have a lot of books I want to write..

Do we pour $40 billion into grandiose Louisiana engineering projects or do we instead put up no trespassing- signs in the areas below sea level? All ….

I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on….

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't l….

John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved ….

John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes people think he likes to be ….

I feel like I'm always learning from people..

When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Charles Lindberg….

John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you..

If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by th….