There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.

Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.

Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.

I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military.

The message of Vietnam is not that Americans will not take casualties; it is that the American people do not want the lives of their sons and daughters wasted.

Jihad expands Islam's domain by any means available.