To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs.

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life.

The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.

What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this is the more important story: What policy wins if the one being disclosed loses?

If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.