Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.

Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions.

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind.

One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church believes that it was specially chosen by God to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son Jesus.

I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian.

At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate.