History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.

Drawing on President Bush's reform plan, which would allow citizens to transfer part of their Social Security contributions into personal accounts, an alteration of the current system is needed to make necessary change.

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.

The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.