Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal read more

Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion.

They pretty much made the Freedom of Information Act a joke. It is like pulling teeth to try to get read more

They pretty much made the Freedom of Information Act a joke. It is like pulling teeth to try to get anything out of them these days. And I am talking about stuff that has historically been readily disclosed.

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and read more

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.

It does seem as if she's gravitated to the more mainstream causes. These are easy, and from a political standpoint, read more

It does seem as if she's gravitated to the more mainstream causes. These are easy, and from a political standpoint, no-brainers. While the families of people with mental illnesses are voters, many people with mental illnesses are not. That's not the same for people with cancer.

He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will not pull any read more

He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will not pull any punches. He'll express good taste.

We believe we can get to the final. Paradoxically losing 1-0 in the first leg will help us play with read more

We believe we can get to the final. Paradoxically losing 1-0 in the first leg will help us play with greater freedom and relaxation.

The difference this year is we're not giving away points. This team is special. We're such a good defensive team, read more

The difference this year is we're not giving away points. This team is special. We're such a good defensive team, we know we have a chance to get a result whether we're home or away.

We don't need to have the pitchers ranked 1-2-3. We're going to go out there, and the guy who has read more

We don't need to have the pitchers ranked 1-2-3. We're going to go out there, and the guy who has the fresh arm is going to throw. It's good to have that much depth on the pitching staff, because we can use guys in certain situations.

If we put all this on the menu, it would look like all the other places where you have to read more

If we put all this on the menu, it would look like all the other places where you have to squint to read it.