People who believe they are acting with the mandate of God, who see others who don't share their beliefs as inferior in the eyes of God, make dangerous leaders. Just ask Osama Bin Laden.

My father felt that children should make their own way.

We have three cats. It's like having children, but there is no tuition involved.

Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics.

I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.

What do you say to your sister who poses in the nude? It's not like you are really itching to see photographs of your sister naked. I mean, it's just something that is not too exciting.

Religion may indeed inspire acts of great kindness and courage. But it also trains people to believe things for which there is no evidence. This makes religion's intrusion into the political sphere all the more troubling.