There's a difference between being politically incorrect and boorish. And we've seen that line crossed a dozen times by smart people who've mistaken politics for punditry.
I'm used to the Right being singled out by the entertainers.
I don't care much for Hillary Clinton.
Most Americans don't shout their politics, much less blast it from their TVs while serving you fried pickles - that's the Left.
Creating a fan base of both fervent feelers and fanboys, Trump magnificently played off many fawning commentator's insecurities - using the deep desire to be liked or noticed by Trump as a method to keep their criticism of him tamped down.
I guess coming out against actual evil takes guts.
Obama's tenure had more dirty linen then Charlie Sheen's hamper.
At a certain point, we need to figure out how to reward those who choose a path that offers, often, almost no reward.
Back in the days of world wars, American companies didn't think twice about pitching in to help fight the enemy. Car companies helped bolster tanks, food companies created rations - sometimes they had to do it, but no one had to twist their arm.
Obama was never that bad or that great, and the same is probably going to go for Trump.
Travel like a pro, not like a hobo. That's my motto.
I know that if I say something that's considered outrageous, a group will take it, create an email blast, and use me to raise money or to do whatever, to build their profile.
I know that, often, people in entertainment are surrounded by 'yes' men who tell you everything is 'go.' That's never been an issue for me.
When I imagine my viewer - and it sounds saccharine - but it's a family thing. People in line for my books came as families.
As foreign attacks increase, it's easy to treat them like bad weather happening somewhere else. It's what we read over breakfast. But when that storm hits your shores, remember this: Wishful thinking never saved a single life. The truth, however, has.
Ideas are things that happen at any time because you're constantly thinking and evaluating life as if it were an eternally unsolvable math problem, which it is.
My best writing is often early in the morning and, sometimes, while working out.
For years, we talked about how the only way to really win the political battles was to win the cultural ones. And rather than simply ignore pop culture, it would be far better to give it a big fat bear hug.
I've said it before: If Queen had died and reincarnated as one person, it would be Devin Townsend.
Trump says what he thinks at that moment. He's a totem pole of transparency.
