The United States is the single greatest force for good in the world

The greatest hope most Americans - including Republicans - had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person as the country's president would reduce, if not come close to eliminating, the racial tensions that have plagued America for generations.

I am supposed to worry about oceans rising 70 years from now, on climate models that have already proven to be utterly flawed?

There is no happiness that isn't earned

Want to raise children who will be happy adults? Teach them not to whine.

For conservatives, the issue is that for generations now, they have failed to make the case for their values. They haven't even conveyed conservative values to many of their children. And when they have, the university has often succeeded in undoing them.

Corruption is Africa's greatest problem. Not poverty. Not lack of riches. Not racism.