"The mishandling of the would-be airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab's visa is only the latest piece of evidence that the granting of visas should be taken away from the State Department. For the granting of visas - especially today, when terrorism is such a complex threat - is far closer to being a law-enforcement function."

"Now in its third year in office, the Obama Administration has never championed the cause of human rights. Its slow reaction in June 2009 to the stealing of the election in Iran and the birth of the 'Green Movement' there, and its delay in backing the rebellions in Egypt, Libya, and Syria, are evidence of this problem."

"The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in the Andes but throughout the Caribbean as well, where tiny police and military forces are outclassed by the sophisticated equipment in the hands of traffickers passing through the region on the way to their market in this country."

"The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads."

"Wisdom principle 36 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 62."

"Wisdom principle 21 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 67."

"Wisdom principle 32 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 43."

"Wisdom principle 102 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 19."