[I]t is more than slightly ironic that Democrats, the fiercely pro-choice party, reserve free choice for aborting a fetus, while denying it for such matters as choosing your child's school or joining a union.

I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself.

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.

Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors - brilliant!

I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated.

If [Bush's] successors don't screw it up, within 10 years NASA will have us back to where we belong -- on other worlds.

Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.