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Heroism is a matter of choice.
A presidential candidate needs a slogan.
There is only so much chaos a nation can stand.
It is not true that Trump is nobody's fool. He is the GOP's.
We are a segmented society, living in our individual bubbles.
Something about the Clintons sets the GOP to howling at the moon.
Trump's juvenilia stands in stark contrast to Obama's measured words.
Among the things I know is that Trump voters were played for suckers.
Israel may be beloved, but for American security, it is not essential.
There is precious little that's charitable about the world of charity.
I am not a German bitter-ender. I am, though, a German never-forgetter.
The NRA has led the way in the mainstreaming of a demented gun ideology.
Opposition to social change is but one pillar of contemporary Republicanism.
Hillary Clinton looms over the Democratic Party like Evita from her balcony.
Pence is not a man to look a gift horse in the mouth. He's got his eye on 2020.
As we see with Sunni and Shiite Muslims, interreligious fights are the most ugly.
What's the justification for a semiautomatic weapon with a magazine of 30 rounds?
Trump is a menace, both ignorant and chaotic. His saving grace is his incompetence.
Large government is inevitably inefficient, but so, too, is large private enterprise.
I served in the Army. I worked at blue-collar jobs. I washed dishes and bused tables.
Hillary Clinton may have lied about her emails, but Donald Trump lies about everything.
Every rippling muscle is a book not read, a movie not seen, or a conversation not held.
Trump's overriding accomplishment is plain: The Republican Party can no longer be shamed.
The concept of cultural appropriation is nothing less than an intellectual fence: Keep out.
Most men, I think, wonder about their courage. How would they act in combat? Under torture?
As a presidential candidate, Trump seems heaven-sent just to make fools out of Republicans.
With a sinking feeling, I have come to a horrible conclusion: I am addicted to Donald Trump.
Travelgate eventually faded, and the nation somehow survived - American exceptionalism at work again.
I don't know if history will adjudge Barack Obama a great president, but he has been a necessary one.
Leaving aside handguns and hunting weapons, what's the justification for possessing an AR-15-style weapon?
The ability and willingness to keep two opposing views in mind at the same time are hallmarks of adulthood.
I am glad to see the Confederate battle flag gone from a place of honor at the South Carolina state capitol.
I have written about cultural dislocation, and I understand the corrosive effect of diminished expectations.
Much worse than the unavoidable inefficiencies of large government is the failure to fund the government we need.
I long ago tired of politicians who never say anything, adhere to their talking points, and avoid all controversy.
Harvey Weinstein does not personify American liberalism any more than Bill O'Reilly personifies American conservatism.
In order to take a nation to war, you have to believe mightily in the threat you are facing and the virtue of your cause.
Trump is a dust storm of lies and diversions with the bellows of a bully and the greasy ethics of a street-corner hustler.
To anyone other than an adamant social conservative, Pence is shockingly unreasonable. But he is also shockingly hypocritical.
The grieving are surely owed our empathy, but capital punishment can neither right a wrong nor prevent another from happening.
Germany's crimes were recent and of such a scale and depravity that, unless constantly faced, they will come to seem fictitious.
In my several visits to Germany, I have written in admiration of that country's strenuous efforts to face its past and make amends.
Raising money, like sausage-making, ain't pretty to see, and it would be just criminally naive to rely on the big hearts of big donors.
What if Hillary Clinton were a man? What if she were a 68-year-old man rather than a 68-year-old woman? Would we think differently of her?
If you told me back in my Army days that I could have bought the same weapon that I had been using in training, I would not have believed it.
Private enterprise cannot rebuild the nation's infrastructure or keep our research institutions vibrant. Government must do what only it can do.
We grow up to respect the gray. Black or white, one or the other, is childish. It represents the worldview of someone who does not know the world.
There was a time when an ordinary American could close the door and keep the world at bay. Now the world comes elbowing in every time you go online.
Fox News has been a force in converting the party of Lincoln into the party of Trump. The network's allegiance to Trump approaches mindless adoration.
Polanski is a great film director - although the much-acclaimed 'Chinatown' has a muddled script - but his true talent is to make fools of his friends.