The application of collective guilt, running from one generation to another, is a dangerous doctrine which would leave few modern nations unscathed.

Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.

As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.

Why in the world anyone in America is allowing another language (other than English) to be his first... I don't know

All corporatism - even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea - encourages inflexibility, discourages individual accountability, and risks magnifying errors by concealing them.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.