Sure, integrating schools may sound benign. But whats the use of living in a gated community if my kids go to school and get poor all over them?

A press that has validity is a press that has authority. And as soon as there's any authority to what the press says, you question the authority of the government - it's like the existence of another authority.

You said in your book that at the end of the day, every politician is human. What about during the day?

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.

You are about to start the greatest improvisation of all. With no script. No idea what's going to happen, often with people and places you have never seen before. And you are not in control. So say 'yes.' And if you're lucky, you'll find people who will say 'yes' back.

Don't cry over spilled milk-- get angry and punch a cow.

What's the worst that can happen? A tidal wave? Glaciers with guns?