When you fuse Christianity with power, it isn't long before Christians start imposing the cross on others rather than taking it up for themselves.

To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.

Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

Homophobia: the fear that another man will treat you like you treat women.

Don't fool yourself that you're blogging when you're really just putting stuff up online.

The important things are not worth knowing because they are useful. They are worth knowing because they are true.

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, "Then there's no hope for me, Mum."

I think of these imperial adventures like welfare programs; you start them with all good intentions, they never end, they go on forever and get more expensive as they go on.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

But no matter what you do to postpone it, the future always shows up at your door.

I know writers like to think of themselves as bohemians, ' he said, 'but that doesn't mean they can't behave like decent human beings.

Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females rescue males, and vice versa.

Let us not forget that among [women's] rights is the right to speak freely.

Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial.

To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking.

There's a reason why Federer and Nadal are so gracious when they lose. They sleep well at night knowing that they've given their best.

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.

Only those who want nothing are masters of Nature.

Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.