The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the Roman Catholic Church for holding on to absolutes that the rest of us can measure ourselves against. – Suzanne Fields
It’s long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come. – Suzanne Fields
That’s what Major League Baseball’s steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young. – Suzanne Fields
The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women who had never heard of the movies nominated for Best Picture. – Suzanne Fields
Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections. – Suzanne Fields
You still can’t find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook. – Suzanne Fields
The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams. – Suzanne Fields
There’s more than a few remnants left in German welfare policy today. Many Germans eagerly condemn Hitler’s fascism but won’t examine the other reasons why the Third Reich succeeded for a season. – Suzanne Fields
If any of the beautiful people plan to vote for the president, they usually keep their secret to themselves. – Suzanne Fields
Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That’s why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority . – Suzanne Fields
Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies to women than to men. As women continue to draw on experience and education, they’re accelerating their numbers in upper management, too. – Suzanne Fields
Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him. – Suzanne Fields
Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal. – Suzanne Fields
German businessmen are overwhelmed by the high cost of doing business. Inflexible rules, enforced by a burgeoning bureaucracy, discourage entrepreneurship. – Suzanne Fields
Many of the Europeans who want Israel to go away don’t even know why they do. Nearly a third of those interviewed concede they have no idea what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about. It’s enough to know that Israelis are Jews. – Suzanne Fields
The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep. – Suzanne Fields
Most of the debate over the cultures of death and life is about process. The debate focuses on the technology available to determine how we prolong life and how and when we end it. – Suzanne Fields
Everybody’s looking for the niche to make the difference. Some people think they see the mother lode in the beautiful people, especially the vote of the beautiful women. – Suzanne Fields
Women can break down barriers to opportunity, and men, many of them reluctantly, have learned to relate to women as their equals in thought and action. But except for an eccentric few, women do not want to become warriors. – Suzanne Fields
It’s easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious. – Suzanne Fields
