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
Bushs faith in the rightness of his strategy in the broader war is deep-seated. It is a product of faith. – Rich Lowry
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
A just thinker will allow full swing to his scepticism. I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot…. We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, 1860