"Let’s turn to a favorite area for the enthusiasts of the culture hypothesis: the Middle East. Middle Eastern countrie…"

"... Middle Easterners, those whose their tired souls are only comfortable with extremism, extremism in reaction ... a…"

"It's about the whole situation in the world, 'cause you cannot separate the situation in Syria from the situation in …"

"And Israel is not only our ally; it is a beacon of what democracy can and should mean… If the people of the Middle Ea…"

"The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement has taken effect in Lebanon, according to a timeline laid out by President J…"

"This country was taken over by a group of people with a 'policy coup'! Wolfowitz and Cheney and Rumsfeld, and...you c…"

"Since progress is the rare exception, and not the rule, among the communities of mankind, it is less important to spe…"

"Things in the Middle East can always be worse than they are. And give it time, and they’ll get there."

"I'm very worried about living conditions faced by Christians who are suffering from conflicts and tensions in many ar…"

"Foregrounding these historical and global dimensions helps make clear that the enormous scale of the current crisis i…"