Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are "up to a point."

They define themselves in terms of what they oppose.