These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.

Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent.

It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

Reaching out to any fellow ghetto kids is an act he puts in the same category as doing drugs: the initial rush of warmth and euphoria puts you on a path to ruin.