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A Time to Heal I was heartened to find that in my home country, the Netherlands, a small nation of only 16 million people, more than $145 million was collected in private donations for victims of the tsunami disaster [Jan. 17]. That is in addition to the $300 million in...
Some have mentioned that the Eagles have actually had a better record since 2000, but there is a point that is missed. True athletic greatness is not achieved in the regular season, but in the championship game. A combination of teamwork, talent and total mental edge will bring the Patriots...
Another classic moment that Carson's eulogizers trotted out last week came in 1965 when Ed Ames of Daniel Boone, demonstrating a tomahawk throw, landed his ax squarely in the crotch of a paper target. Carson's greatness was reflected not just in the zinger he came up with--"I...
The greatness of this country is inextricably linked to constitutional protection for all--even the bad guys. Forgetting that lesson--or subverting it, as Gonzales has seen fit to do--weakens us at our moral center and further cheapens us in the eyes of the world.
And at one other time too. Beside the sorrow of our frail humanity there is also the glory of our genius. Amid the shock and grief at our common helplessness before a cruel ocean, there is also this: when Huygens sent back those wondrous pictures from the surface of Titan...