Those who believe in climate change, as I do, I think it's also fair to say that they are more receptive to confirming evidence than disconfirming evidence. They happen to be right, but their motivations are in play also.

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

Faust seems to have exerted a big influence on Star Wars. You know, the "give up your soul for immortality" or something.

I think that every state in the union should recognize same-sex marriage.

Those subject to capital punishment are real human beings, with their own backgrounds and narratives. By contrast, those whose lives are or might be saved by virtue of capital punishment are mere 'statistical people.' They are both nameless and faceless, and their deaths are far less likely to be considered in moral deliberations.

Even though Star Wars is easily read as feminist for its time - and even for now, with Princess Leia's role - people wouldn't make a movie like that in 2016, where the guys are mostly the tough ones, and the women aren't in positions of authority.

Donald Trump and Senator Cruz have occasional Manichean tendencies.