We see violence, terror and fear nearly every day, thanks to 24-hour news coverage. We see poverty and hunger in too many places around the globe. 
A long life in journalism and around Washington, D.C., has taught me not just that ideas have consequences, but that only ideas have lasting consequence 
If the dictators of North Korea or Iran could destroy America as a twenty-first century society and superpower, would they be tempted to try? 
Patton was not merely a great tactician, as Eisenhower seemed to think in deprecating his larger advice about the nature and purpose of World War II. 
People are very surprised to learn that survey data show that guns are used defensively by private citizens in the U.S. from 1.5 to 3.4 million times a year 
A very interesting fact emerged: of the 19 suicide terrorists on September 11, 15 were subjects of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 
It’s obvious that something is wrong with the CIA. The 9/11 attacks were, by definition, the worst intelligence failure in our country’s history. 
The voice of New Americans who reject political correctness and the cult of multiculturalism has been sorely missing from the debate on immigration policy. 
We live in a totally new world. We live in a unipolar world of a sort that has not existed in at least 1500 years. 
Still, unlike the citizens of many another warring power, we Americans now have the opportunity to bring some good upon the world. 