Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.

George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.

Go off-road...Practice a little daring.

We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy.

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.