There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores.

Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.

I believe in - I am proud to belong to - the United States.

Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity. No resemblance --

Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.

But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it.

I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no more than internal police and courts, external armed forces - with the other matters handled otherwise. I'm sick of the way government sticks its nose in everything, now.