"Someone once said that every man is trying to either live up to his father's expectations or make up for his father's…"

"I began to harbor doubts about the path I had chosen; I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel…"

"Furthermore, I am a prisoner of my own biography: I can't help but view the American experience through the lens of a…"

"When Democrats rush up to me at events and insist that we live in the worst of political times, that a creeping fasci…"

"We will need to understand just how we got to this place, this land of warring factions and tribal hatreds. And we wi…"

"War might be hell and still the right thing to do. Economies could collapse despite the best-laid plans. People could…"

"By the end of the week, I was sorry to leave. Not simply because I had made so many new friends, but because in the f…"

"Identities are scrambling, and then cohering in new ways. Beliefs keep slipping through the noose of predictability. …"

"In a country as diverse as ours, there will always be passionate arguments about how we draw the line when it comes t…"

"I'm not suggesting that politicians are unique in suffering such disappointments. It's that unlike most people, who h…"