Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless.

There is something about liberalism that is not nearly as true about conservatism. The further left one goes, the more one finds that the ideology provides moral cover for a life that is not moral. While many people left of center lead fine personal lives, many do not.

[The WTO] reflects an enormously narrow ideology, ... People who favor trade, who would really like the world to become closely integrated, have been frustrated in their efforts to have that done in a way that is environmentally responsible and that will raise the standard of living around the world.

How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral violence.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.