As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals that share the planet with us may be a more unifying force than any other.

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.

It is statesmanlike for the administration and Congress to look to our nation's welfare beyond their terms in office.

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit. The courage to root out and destroy the killers. And, most importantly, the courage to hold on to our values and protect our hard-won freedoms while doing it.

As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals that share the planet with us may be a more unifying force than any other.

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure.