Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so.

The question is no longer whether the United States should contribute to assuring Israel's survival and prosperity; that goes without saying.

Yet the wonder of it all is that, while engaged in a seemingly endless struggle, the Israelis have managed to turn a desert into a garden.

Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation.

Until 1956, America treated Israel not much differently from other friendly states.

A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.

Installing massive amounts of wireless devices into every city may eventually be proven to be a global weather modification system.

I'm interested in the dream and subconscious mind, the peculiar dream-like quality of our lives, sometime nightmare quality of our lives.

If we want to boost border security, we have to help law enforcement agencies beef up their resources to meet this demand. We cannot have one without the other.

It is the world, my boy," he said. "All the World, in ink and blood, vellum and parchment, leather and hide. It is the World, and it is yours to save or lose.

Memory is a cruel mistress with whom we all must learn to dance.

God knows, but He's waiting

You are trying not only to reach your potential but to move beyond it. If you are not in the best shape you can be, these things simply become more difficult to achieve.

I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.

That there are three persons, yet but one God, that do bear witness to the divinity of Christ, and of the plenteous redemption wrought by him