Almost Every Key Indicator Of The Current

Entertainers Wrongly Assume That Their Fame, Money, And Influence Arise From Broad Knowledge Rather Than Natural Talent, Looks, Or Mastery Of A Narrow Skill.

We Have Had Raucous Moments In Our History. And I Think We're In One Now. But It's Not Going To Endanger The Future Of Democracy.

Cheap Anti-americanism Will Eventually Have Consequences.

I'm Kind Of Old-fashioned Because I Was Born And Live In The Same House For Six Generations.

For All The Criticism About Warlords, It Is Now Likely That Afghanistan Will Never Again Be Turned Over To Al Qaeda To Train Thousands To Conduct The Type Of Murder We Saw On September 11. For All Real Problems With Ambushes And Sabotage, There Will Be No More Gassings, Mass Murdering, Invading Neighbors, Sending Guided Missiles Across Borders Or No-fly Zones In Iraq, But Rather The Hard Work Of Consensual Government - A Difficult Process Easily Caricatured, But When Completed Universally Admired.