Human beings may hate a distant enemy in theory, but they generally prefer to kill their neighbors.

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.

A nation that is Christian at its heart doesn't need to write it into law.

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.

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

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.

We [the U.S.] think nothing... of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.