I distrust all multiculturalism, liberal or conservative. The Balkans amply demonstrate the perils of Balkanization.

Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible.

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

Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy.

Every new president flatters himself that he, kinder and gentler, is beginning the world anew. Yet, when Barack Obama in his inaugural address reached out to Muslims by saying, 'To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,' his formulation was needlessly defensive and apologetic.

Loyalty to the President is great, but loyalty to truth, integrity, and country is even better.