 Churchill knew the importance of peace, and he also knew the price of it. Churchill finally got his voice, of course. He stressed strategy, but it was his voice that armed England at last with the old-fashioned moral concepts of honor and duty, justice and mercy. |
| It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious. |
| We all want to look younger, become stronger and healthier and live longer. |
| Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal. |
| Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time. |
| Johnny Cash was plenty good enough to fool his fans. They believed he felt it in his soul when he sang the Gospel while stoned on drugs. |
| A growing number of young women who have the freedom to decide have decided that career can wait, and the delicious early years of their children's lives can't. |
| The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep. |
| You still can't find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook. |
| Many of the Europeans who want Israel to go away don't even know why they do. Nearly a third of those interviewed concede they have no idea what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about. It's enough to know that Israelis are Jews. |
| Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority . |
| The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams. |
| Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies to women than to men. As women continue to draw on experience and education, they're accelerating their numbers in upper management, too. |
| Stupidity fuses notoriety and celebrity. |
| It's not very hip to consider the plight of single women who yearn for something so old-fashioned as men. |
| Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him. |
| There's more than a few remnants left in German welfare policy today. Many Germans eagerly condemn Hitler's fascism but won't examine the other reasons why the Third Reich succeeded for a season. |
| We've become more tolerant because we're tired of the debate. |
| Most of the debate over the cultures of death and life is about process. The debate focuses on the technology available to determine how we prolong life and how and when we end it. |
| Great teachers transcend ideology. |
