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Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would...

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would...

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.

Whatever its other limitations, the Big Apple and those who live there make room for...

Whatever its other limitations, the Big Apple and those who live there make room for...

In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners...

In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners...

In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our...

In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our...

What the F.D.I.C. does is to put the full faith and credit of the United...

What the F.D.I.C. does is to put the full faith and credit of the United...

America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching.

America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on...

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on...

The kind of Iraq that emerges from all of this is ultimately out of our...

The kind of Iraq that emerges from all of this is ultimately out of our...

One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing...

One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing...

It is statesmanlike for the administration and Congress to look to our nation's welfare beyond...

It is statesmanlike for the administration and Congress to look to our nation's welfare beyond...

In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security...

In my opinion, the president is right to address future funding, even though Social Security...

Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner.

Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner.

When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class...

When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class...

We decided that how we react to and treat those fellow mortals, wild and domestic,...

We decided that how we react to and treat those fellow mortals, wild and domestic,...

A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate...

A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate...

As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals...

As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals...

The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit....

The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit....

America, the temple of invention and industry, doesn't make things anymore.

America, the temple of invention and industry, doesn't make things anymore.