If Wit Is The Most Sophisticated Form

Celebrity Distorts Democracy By Giving The Rich, Beautiful, And Famous More Authority Than They Deserve.

Afghanistan Is More Than The 'graveyard Of Empires.' It's The Mother Of Vicious Circles.

Washington Is A Place Where People Have Always Been Suspect Of Style And Overt Sexuality. Too Much Preening Signals That You're Not Up Late Studying Cap-and-trade Agreements.

It Takes A Lot Of Adrenaline And Fear To Make Me Actually Write.

We Are Riveted By The Soap Operas Of Public Lives. We Admire The Famous Most For What Makes Them Infamous: It Reassures Us That They Are Not Better And No Happier Than All The People With Their Noses Pressed Hard Against The Glass.