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.

Public strengthens politics but politics weakens public.

I dunno. I just find it hard to discuss the Affordable Care Act with people who think it's one of the prophecies of Nostradamus.

To be undecided in this elect ion is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.