Santa came early this year for polluting industries. Congress should play Scrooge and cut these dirty tax breaks.

This proposal doesn't ask much of the United States while asking a lot of other countries.

I hope Hong Kong will be friendly and constructive. A lot of critics have strong feelings about the way these negotiations are progressing and they want to be heard. If there's no other way for them to articulate their point of view then violence can be the result.

Members of Congress get to play King or Queen for a day. Special interest groups get to spend large undisclosed amounts of money to benefit members critical to their interests. Citizens get the short end of the stick.

Television showrunners are a foolishly optimistic bunch.

When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.