What was distinctively Western was not slavery but the moral crusade to end slavery.

Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith.

Some critics accuse capitalism of being a selfish system, but the selfishness is not in capitalism - it is in human nature.

Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and Rome no one would have dreamed of considering political leaders anyone's servants. The job of the leader was to lead. But Christ invented the notion that the way to lead is by serving the needs of others, especially those who are the most needy.

What I've realized is that a film operates both on the intellectual and emotional levels, and if you can find a way to tell a riveting story and draw ideas out of that, it's very powerful.

The allegation of some progressives that America is an evil empire is not simply wrong—it is obscene.

Barack Obama II is born in the Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu. His birth is recorded in two local newspapers.