When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind.

Empty your knapsack of all adjectives, adverbs and clauses that slo your stride and weaken your pace. Travel light. Remember the most memorable sentences in the English language are also the shortest: "The King is dead" and "Jesus wept."

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow.

Barack Obama seemed to think he could win over his enemies. He certainly seemed to believe too much in his own powers of persuasion. One thing's for sure - he misunderstood the nature of his adversaries.

When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind.

Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.

Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the body politic, and each is important to the health of democracy.