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.

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.

The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.

I fear that we read of war, like women gossip, to enjoy the bitter misery of others.

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

We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not.