A nation has to be unified enough that people want to share a government.

Never ascribe to hostility what can be explained by stupidity.

Leaders know that there's nothing as disruptive as information.

These bridges have needed fixing for 25 years and they're still operating?

What does Mr. Gates plan to do with all the extra people that won't die from malaria now that his foundation has found a cure?

A chain of progression - one leads to the next, then the next...

There's no simple cure for loneliness, but there is a simple answer to the #2 question, "Why are men such couch potatoes?" What does a man want more of that he could have more of if he were in better shape?

Will there be unity in Iraq? Saddam proved that fear can unite Iraqis enough to get them to stop killing each other, but it's not clear that anything less will do the job.

There aren't any really poor people in America.

If we're going to talk about "nation building," it would be extremely helpful to define the word "nation."