While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes.

The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity for the poor.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.

At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.

While all Alawites fear vengeance against their entire community should Assad fall, there are varying degrees of loyalty to the Assads.

You have to work on it. You have to meditate on God’s Word, which itself will change you and transform you into the image and character of God.

My silence is my self-defence.

To be honest, I haven't seen a lot of the current crop of teen movies because there's only so much time and there's nothing that really drives me to do it.

A simple yet profound way to create a healthy body, a stress-free mind, and a peaceful sense of well-being.

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief.

I don't know how to use appliances. I mean, I use the coffee maker. But that's it.

The virtues of society are the vices of the saints.

The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.

If I wear bright colors or something, I'll tie all my hair back. I don't want to look too like 'Girls Next Door.'

Church hoppers are like wandering dogs. If they are not regularly patted on the head, they will go elsewhere until they are.