There is much depressing evidence that the religious voice is required to stay out of the public square only when it is pressed in a conservative cause.

We live today in a world in which nobody believes choices should have consequences. But may I tell you the great secret that our culture seeks to deny? You cannot escape the consequences of your choices. Time runs in only one direction.

In contemporary American culture, the religions are more and more treated as just passing beliefs - almost as fads - rather than as the fundaments upon which the devout build their lives.

More than 20 years on, sustained competition, informed customers and the rapid growth of new technology provide the necessary environment for substantial deregulation.

Rumor is rarely more interesting than fact, but it is always more readily available.

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

Love is a gift we deliver when we would rather not.