Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

People discuss parenting the way they talk about denominations of faith.

I feel really fortunate that, in playing guitar and surfing, I've found two things that mean so much to me, and which really complement each other. There's definitely a spiritual thing to both of them; they totally connect you to a higher realm.

The Prophet Muhammad himself sought to erase any distinctions between the message he taught and that taught by Jesus, who he called God's 'spirit and word.'

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.