I've always had trouble with male authority figures because my father was such a martinet.

The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits.

Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists.

The reason there is no noblesse oblige about Dubya is because he doesn't admit to himself or anyone else that he owes his entire life to being named George W. Bush. He didn't just get a head start by being his father's son - it remained the single most salient fact about him for most of his life.

I had sort of given up on conventional journalism. I found it far too restrictive.

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.