Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life, and that's really what shaped her. I think the same could be said for me.

I collapsed to my knees and looked up at the predawn sky. "I hate you," I said softly."I love you," the voice whispered back.

Following the herd is fine, until they all run off the side of a cliff together.

A classic liberal is more like a libertarian. I'm sorry. Classic liberal, actually, from the 1800s has a totally different meaning than a liberal who is [modern] classic.

I don't belong to anything, nobody's listening to me and I don't have any levers that control my own life.

We're allowed to be ourselves.

If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.