I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

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

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.