A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style - and they tended to be funny. They were a little relief from the grimmer, grayer parts of the newspaper, and one of the best people at doing this was Will Rogers.

Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist - for the Federal Penitentiary System.

The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.

Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.

Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking them.