The problem is that Islam does not have a pope, so there's no one guy to say, 'This isn't kosher'...Not that he would.

Culture follows power.

Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.

Alaska itself is an unusual state.

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.

The problem is that Islam does not have a pope, so there's no one guy to say, 'This isn't kosher'...Not that he would.

I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.