[Trying to rob Livingston of the remaining votes are Reps. Christopher Cox (R-California) and Jim Talent (R-Missouri).] It's sort of like an Easter-egg hunt, ... It's whoever gets the Easter egg first.

[Similarly, the chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Christopher Cox, R-California, said,] Were we to postpone the elections, it would represent a victory for the terrorists. ... The election is going to go forward.

Confirmed and probable cases have been reported in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Seven other states are investigating suspected mumps cases.

Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.

...to experience a furious disillusionment with ‘conventional’ politics, a bit young to be so cynical and so superior, you may think. My reply is that you should fucking well have been there, and felt it for yourself.

No one awakens in the morning thinking they will die that day. Not a saint or a sinner. Not even a condemned killer. We all know were mortal, and yet we all believe we'll live forever.