Last year, in the year 2008, it just became normal to watch great American institutions crumble, almost dissolve like sand.
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
Trump's behavior is deeply disturbing but hardly surprising. His mercurial nature is not the product of a post-inaugural adder sting at Mar-a-Lago. It's been there all along. And the American electorate chose him nonetheless.
I did my Doctorate on the House Un-American Activities Committee's effect on the American theater.
Every single immigrant we have, undocumented or documented, is a future American. That's just the truth of it.
The few effective provisions of Dodd-Frank are masked by its many flaws - flaws that have been and will continue to be detrimental to the American economy and our financial future if not reversed.
I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American people.
'Politico Magazine' listed me among the top 50 'thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics' for my work in coalitions advancing net neutrality.
We're living through the twilight of American economic dominance.
I'd rather have dinner with Don King than with Mark Furhman. But then, I'm American. I have no perspective.
If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.
Let's stop this American downward spiral.
My interest in theater really began in the '70s when American realism wasn't really in favor. I really dreaded going into a play that had a toaster that worked. I just didn't want to see that.
College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.
Many in the U.S. military believe ISIS needs to be immediately, and repeatedly, smashed by American drones and warplanes.
East and Gulf Coast states are at risk of hurricanes; prairie and other central and southern states are constantly threatened by tornados; and western states commonly face damaging droughts. Extreme weather does not discriminate by American geography.
In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
Melania rarely wears American labels, with the exception of Ralph Lauren, who created a duplication of a Jackie Kennedy look, which was basically a costume anyway.
The Kardashian family have earned their place as an American dynasty.