He presented himself as the friend to Main Street America, and yet that aw-shucks persona ended up packaging policies and programs that were at times deeply injurious to the very people he swore to serve. After all, Reaganomics set in motion one of the largest wealth redistributions in American history, away from the poor and toward the rich. Eugene Jarecki Read Quote
Being nice can be funny. A lot of my jokes are like, ‘Let me take a bad situation and try to put the best spin on it.’ Ron Funches Read Quote
I don’t want this to be, ‘Hey, you’re the guy who had that one show. What are you doing now?’ I want it to be a career. Spencer Paysinger Read Quote
Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university. Norman Lamm Read Quote
I wanted to write ‘In Harm’s Way’ from the young men’s point of view of being in a raft, or hanging in a life vest with just their nose poking above the water. Doug Stanton Read Quote
I have been playing for England since I was 18, and while I wouldn’t say I took it all for granted, it just seemed to be a part of my season – to play for Arsenal and to play for England. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Read Quote
Prominent scientists have become increasingly convinced that the connection between carbon emissions and rising temperatures is real, but skeptics have whole truckloads of studies to demonstrate the opposite. David Ignatius Read Quote
Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way. John Morley Read Quote