America is the greatest, freest and most decent society in existence. It is an oasis of goodness in a desert of cynicism and barbarism. This country, once an experiment unique in the world, is now the last best hope for the world.

America is simultaneously the most attractive and most repulsive place on the planet. It is most loved and most hated.

Life after death is the elephant in the living room, the one that we are not supposed to notice.

Blacks' problems lie not in the heads of white people but rather in the wasted and incompletely fulfilled lives of too many black people.

Christ remains the most influential figure in history. Any list of world-transforming individuals would no doubt include Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad. Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad, however occupy totally different places in Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam than Christ occupies in Christianity. Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad never professed to perform miracles; indeed they never claimed to be anything more than men. They viewed themselves simply as God's messengers. Christ is the only person in history who has defined a whole religion around his person.

The allegation of some progressives that America is an evil empire is not simply wrong—it is obscene.

Capitalism encourages entrepreneurs to act with consideration for others even when their ultimate motive is to benefit themselves.