If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public.

If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.

Time is valuable; people are busy.

Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton away from some ultranationalists and toward those interested in liberty and reform. He pressed Clinton to replace his ambassador in Kiev and concentrate future U.S. economic aid on Ukraine, where it would matter most.

The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people.