The senior officer who met with reporters in Baghdad said there had been 21 car bombings in the capital in May, and 126 in the past 80 days. All last year, he said, there were only about 25 car bombings in Baghdad. – Rich Lowry
Bushs faith in the rightness of his strategy in the broader war is deep-seated. It is a product of faith. – Rich Lowry
When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldnt go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks. – Rich Lowry
Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your countrys. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. – because the total emissions are set by the cap. – James Hansen
But while so many white Americans are unaware of conditions inside the ghetto, there are very few ghetto dwellers who are unaware of the life outside. The television sets bombard them day by day with the opulence of the larger society. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967