My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff but the damage.

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long underestimate the risks want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them and they end up spending more money causing much more damage to the economy.

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.

Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients.

Even those who like me believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that for many on the right the sudden and relatively sloppily reasoned character of the abortion rulings... did real damage to the Court's reputation as a relatively neutral arbiter of legal disputes.

I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security.

Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.