Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect ethnic or religious patterns.

It is not far-fetched to draw a line from Operation Ajax through the Shah's repressive regime and the Islamic Revolution to the fireballs that engulfed the World Trade Center in New York.

Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests.

New media and mobile entertainment are revolutionizing the way people learn about the world.

No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.

Allowing a friend to careen toward self destruction is not friendship. That is a habit the United States needs to break as it pursues a richer and more deeply supportive relationship with Israel.

'Operation Ajax' presents history in an entirely new way. It takes a true story and uses cutting-edge technology, never before used in this way, to bring it to spectacular life.

Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.

Self-education is the greatest self-liberation.

love canembellish its beginningsing its blossomingand engrave its eternitiesbut can never explain its loss.

And what, then, is belief? It is the demi-cadence which closes a musical phrase in the symphony of our intellectual life.

Economics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness.

Study first, play afterwards.

Yeah, but going by that cold tone of voice, she had to wonder whether the best-laid plans of mice and vampires, blah, blah, blah...

To understand bad taste one must have very good taste.

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.

Fear is a self imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be. You must move against it with the weapons of faith and love.

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment.