It's deeply human to do both the worst things and the best things because of your fear of loss.

There are bursts of things like Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan or Franklin Delano Roosevelt or same-sex marriage that change very much what we thought we were all about.

Game Of Thrones is arguably the hottest thing on television.

There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft

A well-functioning democracy has a culture of free speech, not simply legal protection of free speech. It encourages independence of mind. It imparts a willingness to challenge prevailing opinion through both words and deeds. Equally important, it encourages a certain set of attitudes in listeners, one that gives a respectful hearing to those who do not embrace the conventional wisdom. In a culture of free speech, the attitude of listeners is no less important than that of speakers.

Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.

Wikipedia works because those who know the truth are usually more numerous and committed than those who believe in a falsehood.