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.

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

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

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.

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.