Baseball exemplifies a tension in the American mind, the constant pull between our atomistic individualism and our yearning for community.

The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'.

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.

That is the crux of modern conservatism - government taking strong measures to foster the attitudes and aptitudes necessary for increased individual independence.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

The education of this president [Obama] is a protracted and often amusing process . . . as he continues to alight upon the obvious with a sense of profound and original discovery.

Today it would be progress if everyone would stop talking about values. Instead, let us talk, as the Founders did, about virtues.