According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes.

In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail.

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

I come from a service family - I met my husband Dave during my third tour in Iraq serving as a CIA analyst alongside the military.

I like to have some privacy, especially where my family is concerned, so when I'm recognized, I'll usually say something like 'I get that all the time' or 'Theo Epstein? Who's that?'

We were a musical family, and we had record players. It would be a family thing to listen to music together.

My family values are really, really important.