First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide.

A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare.

Whose best and most fruitful gift was the power of admiration, which made it possible for me to learn. Now, as in my youth, I am looking up to the truly great creations of the past, which I see high above my own and which alone deserve the name of greatness.

Beer soothes the upset soul.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.