What the United States has to do is send a clear message to Iran that they will not be able to develop nuclear weapons. Why endure the difficulty of sanctions if they are not going to be able to develop nuclear weapons anyway?

Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.

The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive theocracy. Dissenters are not given tenure; they are murdered, after first being tortured. Blasphemy, which is broadly defined, is punished. Gays are not only excluded from Iranian universities, but are imprisoned and killed.

My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum on Israel.

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else.

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.