Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.

In general, in the matters that relate to theology or behavior, people to one another, Paul was obviously biblically correct. But when he said that women should always cover their hair or that women should not teach men, women should not have leadership positions in the church, women should not speak in the church, I don't' think that those writings of Paul can be extracted by themselves to stand alone. Also, Paul said that women should be subservient to their husbands but if you read a couple of verses down it says husbands should treat their wives as equals.

If I were president, I'd be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations. There's no downside to it.

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.