The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word No.

It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.

Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.

It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone.

The Constitution never even mentions political parties, let alone the Republican and Democratic parties, yet all the election laws help to protect them from competition.

For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.

History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.

Whether it's a sitting president when I was an impeachment manager, or a Republican president who has taken liberties with adherence to the law, to me the standard is the same.

The Libertarian Party is a very mainstream party. It's a mainstream philosophy. It's of returning power from Washington to parents, to schools, to businesses in their communities.

The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.

Every moment i am expressing gratitude for all the abundance and all the beauty that fills my heart with joy.

It is tempting to say, as my friend suggested, that these online identities are caricatures of the real me. It is certainly true that social media can unleash the cruellest side of human nature.

Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.

For the professors in the academy, for the humanities generally, misery is more amenable to analysis: happiness is a harder nut to crack.

Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders.

The difference between divorce and legal separation is that legal separation gives a husband time to hide his money.

Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions.

Learn not to be intimidated by important people.

If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.

What Turning Forty Means to Me I need to take my pants off as soon as I get home. I didn't used to have to do that. But now I do.