The idea that when you correct a fact, you erase that fact from people's memories is the reverse of the truth. When you correct a fact, what you do is you further lodge that fact into people's minds, and they remember the error.

I generally think debates within a party should not be treated as a scandal. They should be treated as a sign of strength, to be honest.

Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage.

There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is at war with Islam and maybe some of the other civilizations around the world. And I don't agree with that. But I do think there is such a thing as Western civilization. I think it starts with the Greeks and the Romans. Then it goes through the Enlightenment - or the Reformation, the Enlightenment. It goes through the scientific age. And it somewhat defines some of the cultures and mores of Europe and North America and some other countries.

A heroic moral victory for the New York Mets. It may be the only kind of victory we're achieving this season, but he set a good example for professional athletes and the rest of us.

The Republican Party has become an ethnic nationalist party.