I wish I could remember the street I took, where I turned, or how I knew I'd found the right place. All I remember is that Gabriel appeared, stopping traffic and summoning a chorus of car horns that rang out in harmony with his golden trumpet. Then the sky...

Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress. Welcome. This is my last time to speak before you to the State of the Union. I am humbled by the opportunity. I see all of you here tonight. God bless America. Almost eight years ago now, I assumed the duties of...

Last week, in Warren, Michigan, Mike Huckabee said that "it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God." He also said we need to "amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to...

This Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the national holiday honoring the civil rights leader who fought to end racial apartheid in America. Dr. King's holiday allows us to celebrate the monumental strides toward freedom and equality made by the brave souls who marched in Selma, stood fearlessly...

I had secretly hoped it had all been a bad dream, or that the Times had changed its mind. Six days had passed since the paper announced it would give Bill Kristol a column, and still his smirking prose had yet to appear on the op-ed page. What if...

The year ended on two depressing notes: the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the news that Bill Kristol has been hired as a columnist for the New York Times. These dark turns were like a one-two punch from God. I was barely able to breathe. And I don't...

2007/04/08 In the Name of God, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Welcome to the online personal memoranda of the most humble President of the Seventh Government of Iran. Here I can speak about the many issues between peoples, without interference of your leaders, who refuse to speak to...

Well, another year is ending, which means it's time for those of us in the branch of the entertainment industry known as "political journalism" to recycle the news into one of those year-end hodgepodge columns I've been reading in newspapers since I was eight. It was, above...

I am a man of faith. The faith of my fathers. And I accept every tenet of that faith. I will not, for the sake of political convenience, distance myself from any teaching of my faith. That is why I believe the prophet of the Holy Word was not Jesus...

Everyone claims to be for America. Stop anyone on the street, and put the question to them, and they will say, "America? Why stranger, I'm for America, why do you ask?" Ask them again, pointing your finger in their chest and emphasizing each word, and they're likely to...