Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us.

Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.

Pedestrians never seem to realize that they are a threat to the safety of cars.

You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.

The way to get people's votes is to say that all their problems are caused by other people, and that you will stop those other people from giving them trouble. But if you really want to help, then you can tell them the truth and risk losing their votes.

In this era of non-judgmental mush, too many Americans have become incapable of facing the brutal reality of unprovoked hatred, based on envy, resentment and ultimately on a vicious urge to lash out against others for the pain of ones own insignificance. That has been a common thread in things as disparate as ghetto riots, two world wars, and now Islamic terrorism.