Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.

American corporations hate to give away money.

At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So they fought, and won, and we all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.