There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today's pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a long descent.

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.

A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home.

Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.

If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House.

In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.

Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up

Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.

Obsession with self is the motif of our time.

Love is as we will it to be." ~ Amunhotep El Bey

Old or young, light or dark, full or frail, every woman has qualities that make her beautiful.

Dance your pain, sing your sorrows, because there is nothing else tomorrow.

He was powerful and I died of love in his shadow.

To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.

Richard Nixon was a criminally insane Monster - Bill Clinton is a black-hearted Swine of a friend.

Mirth itself is too often but melancholy in disguise.

It is better to support schools than jails.

even if vampires were stupid. Especially American vampires. They hung out in places Alaric himself would never have gone, especially if he were immortal. Such as high schools. And Walmart.

I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards.