Increasing public safety almost always means restricting liberties.

The great divide in American foreign policy thinking is between those who believe in paper and those who believe in power.

In the Middle Ages people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take antioxidants and extract of cactus instead.

I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.

Preemption is a kind of pre-deterrence that stops the threat at an earlier, safer stage.

In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average.

A three-year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow.