We want to believe that the world is understandable and controllable and unthreatening, that if we follow the rules, we'll be okay. So, when this kin….

You know, I am not a particular Kennedy apologist or an awed fan - I was 12 when he was murdered - but I have discussed Kennedy with historians. For ….

America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote..

Well, let’s start with the maxim that the best writing is understated, meaning it’s not full of flourishes and semaphores and tap dancing and vocabul….

Knowing the identity of the leaker helps you analyze the likelihood that the material is real..

One thing I am learning from the kitten is that everything he is doing seems to be in preparation for murder..

Politics is how you think about life itself..

Hillary Clinton rubs people the wrong way, for valid reasons..

Every single fat comic uses his weight as a punchline. There is something sad about that..

Ask creative people where they get their ideas, and they will roll their eyes. It's the most common question, but it's also a bad one because the ans….

I think Marco Rubio could never have recovered from revealing himself to be pathetic..

Peggy Noonan is not as good a columnist as my colleague Kathleen Parker, in my opinion, but they share something related to their Pulitzers. Kathleen….

We separated like oil and water. In the cafeteria, you'd see a table of black jocks, table of white jocks, table of rich white kids, table of Hispani….

It is a cliche, and it is also true, that humor springs from existential pain - from a need to blunt the awareness that life is essentially a fatal d….

Life entails risk, and you have to draw some lines..

The verb "Garland" should be created. It would mean to unfairly put a stinking albatross around someone's neck, to make him unemployable..

Most men I know adore women, and I am including gay men. I think studies on jury selection show that the biggest critics of women - people less likel….

The horrifying thing is that nearly half of America seems in synch with xenophobia and race-baiting..

I once found myself driving, smoking a cigar, taking notes, and talking on the phone at the same time. I only became completely aware of this when I ….

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must co….

Shakespeare was such a splendid vulgarian..