The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.

Canada join the United States? Where would young Canadians run off to for adventure? Where would Americans run to escape?

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.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

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

It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.