Frank Rich American Quotations

For a man who purports to have learned of media ethics only this month, Mr. Williams has spent an undue amount of time appearing as a media ethicist on both CNN and the cable news networks of NBC.

In that sense, when a Bush or a Gore, or whomever, goes on David Letterman, that's the news, too.

One of the good things about television is that there's such alternatives now to what's often homogenized network entertainment.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself, an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot.

After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are.