We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.