Secrecy Is For Losers.

We Have The Right To Our Own Opinions, But Not Our Own Facts.

Somehow Liberals Have Been Unable To Acquire From Life What Conservatives Seem To Be Endowed With At Birth: Namely, A Healthy Skepticism Of The Powers Of Government Agencies To Do Good.

The World's Largest Debtor Is A Distinction Of Sorts, But Not The One We Like Having.

The Amount Of Violations Of Human Rights In A Country Is Always An Inverse Function Of The Amount Of Complaints About Human Rights Violations Heard From There. The Greater The Number Of Complaints Being Aired, The Better Protected Are Human Rights In That Country.

Am I Embarrassed To Speak For A Less Than Perfect Democracy? Not One Bit. Find Me A Better One. Do I Suppose There Are Societies Which Are Free Of Sin? No, I Don't. Do I Think Ours Is, On Balance, Incomparably The Most Hopeful Set Of Human Relations The World Has? Yes, I Do.