Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins "Once upon a time..."

I can only speak about my own commute and can say that it has certainly affected my commute, making it longer and more hectic.

Loving your homeland is just as natural as loving your father or mother - after all, your country nourishes you, protects you, and in many ways makes you who you are. Just as it's a virtue to honor your parents, it's a good and admirable thing to honor the land you call home.

When we were attacked on Sept. 11, we knew the main reason for the attack was that Islamists hated our way of life, our virtues, our freedoms. What we never imagined was that the free press - an institution at the heart of those virtues and freedoms - would be among the first to surrender.

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.

True courage is mixed with circumspection, the kind of healthy skepticism that asks, 'Is this the best way to do this?' True cowardice is marked by chronic skepticism, which always says, 'It can't be done.'

The new source of divisiveness is the assault of secularism on religion.