“Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.”

“It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.”

“The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.”

“Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.”

“Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.”

“Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.”

“If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.”