The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly wrong.

I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in.

It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working.

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart.

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.

We do not increase compassion by expanding it to cover anything. Instead, we kill a good word by making it mean too much, and nothing.