I just had a thought that perhaps religion is so vibrant here is because of the melting pot aspect to our society. WE have so many cultures here in the US and they all bring something new to their religious experiences.

I do think that many religious people have enormous doubts.

I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.

This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians.

Social climbing and power climbing -- the two are often synonymous -- are what make Washington run. ... If there are more than two people together, if there are three, one of them is climbing.

Women will have all the power one day anyway. It's just a matter of time.

How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.