Aspire to decency. Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a rigid standard of morality to your lives; and if, periodically, you fail ­ as you surely will adjust your lives, not the standards.

Going after ISIS, it's beautiful, I like it.

There's harmony and inner peace to be found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction regardless of fashion or trend.

There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page

I have the necessary lack of tact.

You can almost measure where you are in life by the degree to which you have begun looking back rather than ahead.

I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.