Only a fool can believe people are basically good

Whenever possible, the left and the Democrats have de-stigmatized irresponsible behavior.

If the 1,990-page House Health Care Bill becomes law, the average American will receive worse health care, American physicians will decline in status and income, American medical innovation will dramatically slow down and pharmaceutical discoveries will decline in number and quality. And, of course, the economy of the United States will deteriorate, perhaps permanently.

There is an authoritarian strain in all of Leftism-- because the bigger the government, the more it controls other peoples' lives

A bad mood is like bad breath. Both are wrong to inflict onto others

I have known Tavis Smiley since the 1980s, when we both worked at the same radio station in Los Angeles. He is smart, and he is a gentleman who has accorded me great respect both on and off the air.

The essence of the Hebrew Bible, transmitted by Christianity, is separation: between life and death, nature and God, good and evil, man and woman, and the holy and the profane.