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.
Our government makes the simple promise of a secure retirement to every American who works for many years and contributes to our retirement benefit system.
But to say that Sarah Palin and the tea party movement is responsible for vandalism or threats is just a way to dismiss the American people and, and their dissatisfaction with this health care bill.
Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care.
The growing attention Americans are paying to what they put into their mouths has touched off a new scramble by the processed-food companies to address health concerns.
No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.
This November, with the re-election of President Barack Obama, this generation of Americans will ever expand upon the hope, the truth and the promise of America.
In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope and skepticism by African-Americans.
I think all the characters in 'American Horror Story,' which is why I love it, are looking for some sense of meaning, and also it's their form of happiness.
