Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform.

Maybe that is the greatest of wonders: that we can be shaped so much by those we've known closely, and equally by those we've never known at all - and that we too can change the world long after we've left it.

Much as constitutional guarantees of press freedom do little good for prospective publishers if they do not have access to paper or ink, the right to aid in dying is strikingly useless if nobody is willing to help.

A free society, to be truly worthy of that name, owes healthy, competent individuals the right to end their lives on their own terms.

Always warm up the audience with a joke....If you are not a particularly funny person, make sure that you inform them that it's a joke.

Catholic extremism should be resisted as fiercely at home as we oppose the Taliban abroad.

I suspect that the vast majority of people, not knowing in advance whether they will either end up in a permanently vegetative state or be diagnosed with cancer, would prefer that any resources that would be spent on PVS care be reallocated to cancer research - or some similar enterprise that has the potential to help human beings who might actually recover.