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I had sort of given up on conventional journalism. I found it far too restrictive.
I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.
I do object to those who jump from political hackery to flackery and expect respect.
Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists.
There are times a country is so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief.
Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
Texas liberals are the camels of good news. We can cross entire deserts between oases.
Public campaign financing isn't perfect and can doubtlessly be improved upon as we go.
We should all laugh more at our elected officials - it's good for us and good for them.
The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.
The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them.
I've always had trouble with male authority figures because my father was such a martinet.
This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency
The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.
I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.
I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.
If Bush does make it to the White House, he and Laura should have Ken Starr over for dinner.
One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.
Sometimes misunderstandings between bloggers and the MSM are the result of simple ignorance.
Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
Truth is, I've spent much of my life trying, unsuccessfully, to explode the myths about Texas.
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
There is never anyone quite so wonderful as the people who were seniors when you were a freshman.
The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.
Losing a part of a breast or all of one or both has, obviously, serious psychological consequences.
Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop?
Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.
It really is possible to disagree with someone's policies without hating them. Grown-ups can do that.
The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.
The uproar of the late '60s - the antiwar movement, black riots, angry women. It was a wonderful time.
And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.
I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.
We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet.
Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.
The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer.
Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.
A teenage foot that never tapped to 'Heartbreak Hotel' in the '50s probably belonged to a hopeless grind.
Arkansas, the state Bill Clinton loves and that loves him back, is a place with just no pretension at all.
For years, I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid.
Jimmy Carter was unquestionably the most moral president of my lifetime, but he wasn't much of a president.
Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.
Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.
Truly, if you can't cover a five-car pile-up on Route 128, you should not be covering a presidential campaign.
I left the 'Trib' in 1970 with the feeling that I would never have a career in establishment media of any kind.
I don't have any children, so I've decided to claim all the future freedom-fighters and hell-raisers as my kin.
Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.
Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.
I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that's good for nothing but grazing.