In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.
Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.
Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.
Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.
U.S. computer networks and databases are under daily cyber attack by nation states, international crime organizations, subnational groups, and individual hackers.
However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
I used to be a columnist for 'Golf Monthly' and have contributed articles for national newspapers based on the humour that is in abundance in the game, which is more than can be said of tennis.
Population growth and development place additional stress on the Nation's water infrastructure and its ability to sustain hard-won water quality gains.
And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities, Countries, Nations, etc.
Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into a recession.
As a native Washingtonian, I am well aware that childhood obesity is a real problem in our nation's capital.
If you stand with the Customs and Border Protection officers who staff the passport booths at Dulles airport near the nation's capital, their task seems daunting.
It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.
Gadhafi has established no national institutions, not even allowing a fake parliament of the Mubarak or Ben Ali variety that could perhaps be turned into something real.
The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate.
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.
We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.
Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.
