I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate.

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

I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy.

There will never be another Ed Koch. He was an original, but he represented a significant, if shrinking, segment of American Jewry who refused to compromise their liberal values, their support for Israel or their Jewish pride.

I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.

I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place. Any God worth "believing in" would surely prefer an honest agnostic to a calculating hypocrite.

The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns.