(I)t is simply wrong to confuse cowardice with appeasement. Cowardice is a failing of character. Appeasement is a failure of policy. Stalin appeased Hitler when he signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Stalin was an evil character, to be sure. But cowardice really isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Stalin ' that word is “sexy.” I'm kidding, I'm kidding.

America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it and have it delivered.

I've just returned from my daughter's Halloween parade at grade school. She was supergirl - and she was perfect. And, even better, she still considers boys to be made of kryptonite.

Science is wonderful at explaining what science is wonderful at explaining, but beyond that it tends to look for its car keys where the light is good.

Tom Friedman says China is so awesome they make kosher pigs.

Governing involves choosing and making choices between competing goods.

Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.