History Tells Us That America Does Best

We Are Exceptional Not Because Of Who We Are But Because Of What We Do And How We Put The Ideals Of Human Dignity, Individual Freedom, And Liberty Under Law Into Action.

Incumbent White House Parties Have Won 10 Of The Last 18 Presidential Elections; The Odds Are Tight, But They Favor Obama In 2012. And So Gloomy Democrats, Check Your Despair; Gleeful Republicans, Watch The Hubris.

Part Of What I Loved - And Love - About Being Around Older People Is The Tangible Sense Of History They Embody. I'm Interested In Military History, For Instance, Because Both My Grandfathers Fought In World War Ii. I'm Interested In Writing Because One Of Those Grandfathers Wrote Books.

The Way To Put Oneself In A Position To Take The Harder, More Honorable Political Path Is To Argue For One's Virtues In A Vigorous Way.

I've Been Accused Of Being Old Before My Time More Than Once. It's True That I've Always Felt An Affinity For, And Been Comfortable Around, Older People. I Attribute This To A Childhood Spent Around My Grandparents - And Even A Great-grandparent Or Two. I Wouldn't Trade Those Experiences For Anything.