Europe is endearingly old fashioned in its secularism.

... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.

Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.

I was brought up by an Episcopalian father and Presbyterian mother in nondenominational Army chapels all over the world and never really had much religious experience.

Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.

I just had a thought that perhaps religion is so vibrant here is because of the melting pot aspect to our society. WE have so many cultures here in the US and they all bring something new to their religious experiences.

We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.