I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.

I think we can expect leaders of Muslim societies to cooperate with each other on many issues just as Western societies cooperate with each other.

Hispanics speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are languages we Americans are familiar with, so it doesn't seem to pose the same types of problems as Arabic-speaking Muslims do in Europe.

The core of the American set of beliefs has remained pretty constant.

There has been an Irish lobby that has impacted U.S. foreign policy for a century and a half, and at times made our relations with Great Britain very difficult. Other comparable lobbies exist.

Many of the most difficult questions concerning the role of ethnic minorities centers on language.

Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.