Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.
It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.
There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem.
I think it is important for working moms to recognize that family is the most important.
Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.
I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.
In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.
We are a government of laws. Any laws some government hack can find to louse up a man who's down.
There is no such thing as a 'free' government benefit. Ask small-business owners who are footing skyrocketing bills for bottomless jobless benefits.
The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet.
While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do so with Internet communications.
I've come to the conclusion that the government needs to impose price controls on tuition increases - and so, I think, has President Obama.
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it.
The central con of the political coalition assembled by Ronald Reagan and maintained by his successors was that government was a common enemy.
Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home.
Often doctors didn't even tell you what was wrong with you. They just treated you, and sent you home.
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
