Bob Greene

The nation, we are told, is on full alert. That is the phrase that has been in use since the morning of Sept. 11. "Full alert." And if the phrase...

They did it with scissors. According to newspapermen who covered the European front in World War II, that is how military censors often made certain that copy sent back to...

When all of this is someday over ... (And why do those words have the sound and feel of a prayer?) When all of this is someday over, there is...

With all of the proclamations of love and loyalty to the United States in the last two weeks, you have to ask yourself if the people with the big money...

This is hardly the most important thing to talk about during these monumental days in the history of the United States, but it is probably best to address it, be...

They always said that we were too strong. That was the complaint from critics of the United States around the world -- the U.S. was so strong, so powerful, so...

There was a phrase . . . most of us are too young to remember it. But our parents knew it, and their parents knew it too. It's an important...

If, at the onset of dark and awful times, there are occurrences that are genuinely heartening and good, that is by definition a victory. So it has been in the...

`It wouldn't work," he said toward the end of the terrible week just past. "This is a different kind of war. You need to win it a different kind of...

The skies Tuesday afternoon were what told the awful story. The skies--which we often barely look at, which we take for granted, like peace, like silence--made the difference. The skies...