In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'
P. J. O'Rourke
Space has always been confusing to politics.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country.
Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really... →
The baby boomers' politics have covered a wide band of silliness, from the Weather Underground to the Timothy McVeigh types. The great majority... →
If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I... →
Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.