It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.

Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.

Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."

The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.

It's political Daddyism and it's as old as demagogues and despotism.

A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.

My mother took us to services at the Episcopal church. Yet she always said that God was not just inside the four walls of a house of worship, but everywhere - in the rising sun over Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, a splash of water along the nearby Salt or Verde rivers, or clouds driving over the Estrella Mountains, south of downtown. I've always thought of God in those terms.