Morality is always derivative. It stems from one's worldview.

In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture.

A part is always too limited to explain the whole. You might picture a worldview as trying to stuff the entire universe into a box. Invariably, something will stick out of the box. Its categories are too "small" to explain the world.

The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.

Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.

During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.

All of science is largely formalized common sense.