I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.

Tonight, savagery in the streets of Iraq. Ten Americans die in a single day, four of them civilians murdered, mutilated and dragged through the streets....What drives American civilians to risk death in Iraq? In this economy it may be, for some, the only job they can find.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.