Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.
Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions.
As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.
I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that.
I'm actually an American success story.
I try to not eat as much sugar, but it's so hard in our American diet to do that... It's hard to completely avoid.
If you look at the American Household Survey, the last time we did that in 2013, renters in over 2.8 million homes thought they would be evicted soon.
The American people might have a criminal syndicate running their government.
Years later, when I was working as a trolley wally in a supermarket, I tackled the boredom by talking to the customers in as many different accents as I could manage. I started with one that I didn't think would alert any suspicion - generic Asian - then moved on to Irish, Welsh, Australian and American.
American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds.
Members of Congress are somewhat reluctant to tangle with a president who seems to have the backing of the American people.
The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that make more than $1 million will receive an average tax break of $32,000.
American tax dollars spent on education are meant to support students, not support aggressive, deceptive, and misleading marketing campaigns by certain for-profit education companies.
Our inability to govern ourselves at home, to deal with everything from infrastructure to our debt to tax policy, is reducing the appeal of the American model.
It's hard pressed to find a better American role model than Teddy Roosevelt.
ISIS' key social media-encrypted platform is Telegram, which is engineered by a Berlin-based tech company that can simply ignore the rulings of American federal judges as well as legislation passed by the U.S. Congress.
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
'SNL' is this part of American culture with a certain timelessness to it.