I think modern societies have to ask a very basic question: What strategies buy the most health for people? Doctors can do so many marvelous things now. They can keep a corpse alive, almost.

A nation can't get strong on political pablum.

Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.

America with 4% of the world's population has 50% of the worlds lawyers .... tort lawyers love to point out that 1% of America's health care cost is used to pay malpractice insurance ... but most doctors practice defensive medicine to avoid malpractice litigation ... these costs are not included in the 1% number above.

I have no permanent enemies - only people I have yet to persuade.

To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

I think modern societies have to ask a very basic question: What strategies buy the most health for people? Doctors can do so many marvelous things now. They can keep a corpse alive, almost.