David Pietrusza has a gift for making the past both real and dramatically gripping.

When we're talking about the "American response" to any disaster, it's not just a government response, an official response, it's a popular response.

My love, you are always on my mind. I love you so much.

Integrity comes not from privilege, textbooks, or profession, but from being grounded in humility.

and everything burned in blue, everything a star

It may be that only when xenophobia stops working as an election winner will the way be cleared for a return to bipartisanship

If you're a painter, you're not alone. There's no way to be alone.

In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from the blood [of chemical weapons].

Everything good that's ever happened to me came out of helping others.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.

What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.