There was one thing more than any other that turned this New York, liberal, Jewish, Columbia University graduate student away from modern liberalism: its use of moral equivalence to avoid confronting evil during the Cold War.

Whatever one does for a living, three questions need to be confronted before it is too late: What really matters to me? What price do my spouse and kids pay for my career success? What price does my soul pay?

There is no benefit to the conservative sinner in being a conservative. There is great benefit to the liberal sinner in being a liberal.

It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.

Utopian movements produce dystopias.

Virtually every agnostic lives like an atheist, living completely irreligious lives