To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.

We do not credit to the ideal of religious freedom when we talk as though religious belief is something of which public-spirited adults should be ashamed.

Richard John Neuhaus, in his well-known book The Naked Public Square, tells us that in America, the public square has become openly hostile to religion.

Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it.

Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable.

If you're fascinated by America, you'll be fascinated by family.

The very aspect of religions that many of their critics most fear - that the religiously devout, in the name of their faith, take positions that differ from approved state policy - is one of their strengths.