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

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.