I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the Jews. Whoops! Sorry for all those inquisitions, crusades, and autos-da-fe. Previous popes were wrong - infallible, perhaps, but wrong.

I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one.

There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life.

Our First Amendment expresses a far different calculus for regulating speech than for regulating nonexpressive conduct and that is as it should be. The right to swing your fist should end at the tip of my nose, but your right to express your ideas should not necessarily end at the lobes of my ears.

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political.