The New York Times had not become The New York Times overnight. It had to earn its reputation day-by-day.

There is no escaping this fight. It is civilization or Jihadism. We can and should debate tactics; but the sides are clear enough.

Homosexuality is like the weather. It just is.

No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.

I think of these imperial adventures like welfare programs; you start them with all good intentions, they never end, they go on forever and get more expensive as they go on.

I think there were two great gay Americans obviously, and that was Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman.

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.