"To own the dominant, or only, newspaper in a mid-sized American city was, for many decades, a kind of license to print money. In the Internet age, however, no one has figured out how to rescue the newspaper in the United States or abroad."

"For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game."

"Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system - like our physical existence - still breaks down along geographical lines."

"The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems."

"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."

"Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence."

"How a minority, Reaching a majority, Seizing authority, Hates a minority!"

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however."