[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: read more

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East.] The secret is out, ... There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.

It was like, here comes a joke. Here's the joke. I just told a joke!

It was like, here comes a joke. Here's the joke. I just told a joke!

I would say there are very few fixed-rate cards left.

I would say there are very few fixed-rate cards left.

We sometimes find ourselves at a loss as to whether we should be more appalled at the Bush Administration's ideological read more

We sometimes find ourselves at a loss as to whether we should be more appalled at the Bush Administration's ideological obsession, its incompetence, its arrogance, its anti-intellectualism, or its dishonesty, ... In New Orleans, we see all of these forces at work in a manner that the mainstream media finally finds itself unable to ignore.

Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.

Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. read more

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of read more

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.

She's my wee-one.

She's my wee-one.

I'm very comfortable with that overall total reduction in risk, and I would not be able to say that there read more

I'm very comfortable with that overall total reduction in risk, and I would not be able to say that there is anything that I can tell that should stop them from going ahead and flying.