Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.
Most Americans pay lip service to the idea of freedom, but can't handle real freedom.
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.
Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.
'American Horror' is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies.
Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.
It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.
The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.
Thousands of Americans are forced to join unions as a condition of employment, with little to no chance of ever having their voices heard.
One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets.
I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.
Conservatives don't need to change core convictions to embrace the growing support for equal rights for gay Americans.
The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.
It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.
The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11 only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger.
Today there are not even enough fruits and vegetables in this country to allow all Americans to follow the government guidelines to eat five to nine servings a day.
In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people.
I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.
