I don't know how you talk about the founding of America, and what became of the United States, without talking about religious doctrine.

Obviously, we have a political season in the United States, and there's always different winds that blow on that.

If we are recognizing the Bible as a sacred text, then we are violating the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Tennessee by designating it as the official state book.

People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself.

During these years in the small-talk wilderness, I also wondered why Americans valued friendliness with commerce so much. Was handing over cash the sacred rite of American capitalism—and of American life? On a day that I don’t spend money in America, I feel oddly depressed. It’s my main form of social interaction—as it is for millions of Americans who live alone or away from their families.

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.