I am alarmed by reports that data brokers are obtaining and selling customers' personal telephone records without the customers' consent read more

I am alarmed by reports that data brokers are obtaining and selling customers' personal telephone records without the customers' consent or knowledge. These records can include some of the most private personal information about an individual. Finding out who people are calling and for how long can be like picking someone's brain about their friends, plans or business dealings.

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and read more

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.

Compassion is not a popular virtue.

Compassion is not a popular virtue.

I'd love to see a park for small children in each neighborhood. I don't think that's going to happen in read more

I'd love to see a park for small children in each neighborhood. I don't think that's going to happen in the next four years.

An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.

An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.

You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't,

You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't,

It's like a house. Eventually things start wearing out. There's always something you can be doing.

It's like a house. Eventually things start wearing out. There's always something you can be doing.

I see difficulties in India overtaking China. It's difficult to see what time it will overtake China,

I see difficulties in India overtaking China. It's difficult to see what time it will overtake China,

A sitting member of the United States Senate had the power to foreclose on the home of the head of read more

A sitting member of the United States Senate had the power to foreclose on the home of the head of the largest public workers union in the state. That is one of the largest conflicts of interest that we've ever heard of.