With or without a Social Security fix, Americans don't have enough assets to retire on. There has to be a much larger debate.
Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans.
There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.
And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC.
It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.
I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation.
Although most Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, few could agree on exactly which lands the United States was supposed to govern.
As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals.
I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.
If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it.
When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.
This nation's elected leaders owe all Americans the duty of formulating an Iraqi policy based on sound analysis of the actual facts.
In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
I'm currently doing Undeclared an American TV show set in a college. It just got aired and got massive ratings so hopefully that'll screen in the UK soon.
The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved.
One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring.
How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.
I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.
I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage.
