War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.

I'm not President Bush

Russia has now become a nation fueled by petro-dollars that is basically a KGB apparatchik-run government.

We've got to start also holding people accountable, and we've got to reward people who succeed. But somehow in Washington today - and I'm afraid on Wall Street - greed is rewarded, excess is rewarded, and corruption - or certainly failure to carry out our responsibility is rewarded.

I think conventional wisdom is that time is not on our side. But there are a number of members of Congress who have primaries and when those primaries are done, they may be more inclined to address the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.

I think I am becoming incapable of being too surprised. But it just makes me sad and sick.