For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.

Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man who defied his party on tax increases while imposing budget restrictions on the Democrats.

You know that Moses was spinning like crazy in Exodus XIV through XVII when the Jewish people wanted to go back and become a place again because tramping through the desert was a bit too hard.

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.

Demonetisation was a big flop, and its outcome was negative. The government has done nothing to get back black money.

Provision of best services to the citizens is our top priority, and Punjab government has evolved a coordinated programme in this regard.

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.