The world needs a strong America.

If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.

All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides.

Great wars can only be fought by great powers.

The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.

In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well as a funny one, on comedy shows.

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.