“When Elton John sang a duet with the white rapper Eminem on a Grammy telecast, rap went mainstream. Massive parental headaches followed.”

We do know that the Bandido gang in Houston does drug deal. There are a bunch of people being convicted for heavyweight narcotics trafficking from the gang.

Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by many opponents, and theory, based on a small number of ‘reliable’ games, must be rather unreliable.

I like Barack Obama as a person and I think he is a sincere man. I think he and his wife conducted themselves magnificently in the White House. There’s not a better role model for American kids to watch Barack and Michelle Obama, so all of that is off-the-chart positive.

All I ask is for powerful people to respond honestly to the questions, and if they can’t, explain why.

And the voters, many of them, feel that the economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. You are going to see a tremendous Hispanic vote for President Obama.

President Obama is a utopian at heart. He wants to improve the lives of the downtrodden, which is a good thing.

One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.

Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.

At times you have to fight. No way around it. At some point, every one of us is confronted with danger or injustice.

I’m a sensationalist. I’m a big mouth. I get attention. In this world you have to – if you want a mass-market presentation, you have to get attention.

There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is legal in the United States, but it should not be celebrated or used as a political tool. Viable babies are human beings.

What really matters in a workplace, what helps an employer if you’ve got a unionised workforce is if your shop stewards know the rules of the game, if your safety reps are taught to be able to examine situations to make sure the workplace is more safety.

My job is to watch the powerful. It’s a simple job description, watch powerful people and make sure they don’t hurt the folks.

I know the constitution in Oregon was passed in 1859. Free expression of opinion.

There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom.

I’m not going to change. Why would I change? I don’t tweet like Donald Trump. I’m not on Facebook. I should amend that. I don’t attack people using tweets, and I don’t do the Facebook and I’m not going to – that’s not my job.