It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.
It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.
To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during th

