I have a simple answer to any American patriot who claims that there is no conflict between his love of country and his desire to hitch our fate to the United Nations: “You're mistaken.” And, therefore, I'm thinking of adding this corollary to my General Rule of patriotism: The more intellectually consistent and pro-U.N. you are, the less patriotic you are likely to be. I haven't thought that all the way through, but it seems right to me.

Let's treat politicians like Twinkies. They have to disclose their ingredients - i.e., where their money is from - but beyond that, let the buyer beware.

The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies.

We are a species that must try to impose and find systems - systems of thought, ways of organizing and categorizing reality.

If you write for the critics, only the critics will read you.

Public unions are the country's foremost advocates for increased taxes at all levels of government.

[There] is something fundamentally unpatriotic in the yearning to fundamentally transform your country.