I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see.
Peggy NoonanNow he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents.
Peggy NoonanWhat we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends the moment we're in, comes up with ways of dealing with it, and eschews the politically cheap and manipulative. That admits affection and respect. That encourages them. That acknowledges that the small things that divide us are not worthy of the moment; that agrees that the things that can be done to ease the stresses we feel as a nation should be encouraged, while those that encourage our cohesion as a nation should be supported.
Peggy Noonan