The United States is a proud, determined, hard-working, talented, patriotic nation and people, and it is not over-extended in the manner of empires of the past that took over the lands of others and eventually collapsed under the weight of the over-ambitious hegemon.

For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world.

At least 80 percent of American prisoners are grossly over-sentenced. The Supreme Court knows this, but shows scant concern for this human side of criminal justice.

The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly against the volume of such emissions.

I can't draw a stick person. I can't play a musical instrument. But I've always had a knack for making money.

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

All my graduation money went to paying for bartending classes so I could have a side gig. I bartended for two months before I was supposed to move to New York and then two months later I got the job as an understudy in 'Sister Act' and haven't looked back since.

I didn't have the money to travel until I got to the NFL, so it's definitely opened doors for me in that capacity.