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 we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

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

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

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.

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'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.