“At the same time, and amazingly enough, the Pulitzer Prize for Literature went to Sarah Palin for her stated intention “to read a book someday.” ”

“It is going to occur to Obama that he is the president of the US. He does not act that way, appearing promiscuously on TV and granting interviews like the candidate he no longer is. The election has been held, but the campaign goes on and on. The candidate has yet to become commander in chief.”

“The trouble with Obama is that he gets into the moment and means what he says for that moment only. He meant what he said when he called Afghanistan a "war of necessity" -- and now is not necessarily so sure.”

“The entire episode had a faux Cuban missile crisis quality to it. Something menacing had been discovered -- not Soviet missiles but an Iranian nuclear installation. Where was McNamara? Where was Bundy? Where, in fact, was the crisis? In fact, there was none.”

“Sooner or later it is going to occur to Barack Obama that he is the president of the United States. As of yet, though, he does not act that way, appearing promiscuously on television and granting interviews like the presidential candidate he no longer is.”

“It’s alright with me if Roman Polanski is freed by the Swiss authorities...if first I get a chance to bust him one in the mouth...He is a squalid excuse for a man.”

“It’s alright with me if Roman Polanski is freed by the Swiss authorities...if first I get a chance to bust him one in the mouth...He is a squalid excuse for a man.”

“Iran, the first foreign policy "crisis," alerts us to what to expect...from the White House: a deliberate consideration of the options and no shoot-from-the-hip remarks. This is how Obama ran his campaign. This is how he'll run his foreign policy. As McCain should know, it works. ”

“The student in him knows that the worst thing the United States could do at the moment is provide the supreme leader and the less supreme leaders with the words to paint the opposition as American stooges -- or...suggest to the protesters that some sort of help is on its way from Washington.”

“The role that Cramer and other financial journalists played was incidental...The financial instruments that Wall Street firms were both peddling and buying are the functional equivalent of particle physics. To this day, no one knows their true worth. ”