Suicides aren't heroic in my opinion. And I don't think anybody ever really knows why somebody commits suicide.

The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because you are dedicated to doing good, you can do no wrong.

The funny thing about being Catholic, and I was raised Catholic, is that you identify with the Church, just as part of your character. Nevermind what you believe, it's just who you are.

As the power of governments wanes, corporations become ever more powerful. Sometimes they do things that aren't so good. We should pay attention. Steve Jobs was saying, "Don't pay attention to all that stuff. Pay attention to the product you've got in your hand."

If people are portrayed as monsters, we become disconnected from them, and to me that is not remotely interesting.

Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers.

In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.