Stalin's henchman Molotov, 96, died old and in bed, a privilege he helped to deny to millions.

We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual.

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends.

Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order.

Canada has one great novelist (Robertson Davies), which means it has one for every twenty-five million citizens - the world's highest ratio.

No matter how deeply you distrust the government's judgment, you are too trusting.

Jay Carney, whose unenviable job is not to explain but to explain away what his employers say, calls the IRS’s behavior “inappropriate. ” No, using the salad fork for the entree is inappropriate. Using the Internal Revenue Service for political purposes is a criminal offense.