Some of us worry about a resurgent Islam and its attendant complications for a decayed Western civilization; some of us worry about global warming. In twenty years' time, one of us will be proved right . . .

First tell the truth, then give your opinion.

The great are not famous, and the famous are not great

Men feel more bereft without a woman than women will feel bereft without a man

Leftists' meanness toward those with whom they differ has no echo on the normative right.

If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering.

Secularism breeds narcissism. There is nothing higher to live for, so you live for you