A Charlie Brown Christmas' is a national treasure because it delivers beautifully the central miracle of Christmas: Emmanuel - God With Us. From the wood of the manger to the wood of the cross.

In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short.

Design a life! Don't maintain it.

This is the day the Lord had made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Deliriously imagined, The Mothering Coven is a work of wonder. Joanna Ruocco arrives: marvelous, and fully sprung!

Great is the advantage of patience.

The US has just consistently tried to ignore Iran. And this is ironic because the Iranians believe that the United States is as obsessed about them as they are about us.

Instead of asking for help, I just dig in and do everything myself.

I also have that desire to blurt stuff out, but I've learned I can't do that. Not when you realise the whole world is listening. That's why perhaps I look so uncomfortable in interviews at times.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

Reagan was conservative, but he didn't approach global management with an unbending religious zeal.

Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.