Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense, and tender as well.….

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news..

If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen..

If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we ….

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it..

Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton away from some ultra….

Praise of blame in the moment means little: it is how their decisions play out over time that matters, and so the redemption they're looking for is o….

While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a dist….

You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other..

For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient..

If the Presidents Club had a seal, around the ring would be three words: cooperation, competition, and consolation. On the one hand, the presidents h….

The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... th….

Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders a….

For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians serves no one'….

[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that ….

Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate precisely to prevent senior….

In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the lesson to himself. “Always remember,….

Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been like fa….

Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in a nation….

Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public..

The challenge was that it was harder to be subtle than strident..