Evening Trees

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

The U.S. trade deficit increased 18.8 percent in June, to $49.9 billion. That was the highest level since October 2008. U.S. exports fell 1.3 percent in June.

On Aug. 17, the U.S. 2010 trade deficit stood at $283,954,792,146.51.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."