Our actions in the Middle East over the last 15 years have already guaranteed radical Muslims quite enough ammunition to kill Americans for the next century, even if Guantanamo did not exist.

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

We like to believe that, in our lifetime, the human condition is improving.

Those who actually hate animals to the point of being cruel to them are outcasts to the rest of us, no matter where in the world they live.

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

Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner.

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.