We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of clichés the first prize.

I'm on a government watch list. But I'm not interested, because government watches only work twenty minutes out of every hour.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.