I thought Gen. McChrystal was unfireable, that his position was secure.

A woman I loved [Andi Parhamovich] was killed in Baghdad in January 2007 – al-Qaeda in Iraq took credit for it … The memorial service with me crying over an empty coffin.

General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.

I have a deep-seated skepticism about the morality of violence. Violence is almost always morally corrosive.

I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.

I think when war becomes your life, I think its very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.

Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.

If the thumbnail version of the Iraq war was that Bush lied about WMD, the thumbnail version of Obama's war in Afghanistan is that the generals pushed him into a war he didn't want to fight.

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.

By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained.

An instrument s a tool that is actively used to change something, and God has called all of his people to be instruments of change in his redemptive hands

...it is always easier to deal with things than with men, and no one can direct his life entirely as he would choose. -Wilbur Wright, 1911

It's not forgetting that heals. It's remembering.

That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor.

Governments grow as God declines, in both Europe and the United States

This latter day work is spiritual. It takes spirituality to comprehend it, to love it, to discern it. Therefore, seek the spirit in all you do. Keep it with you continually. That is our challenge.

Donald Trump can improve and get better as he goes along, and I think he will.

One thing I have learned is that I should trust my 'gut' instincts. Ultimately, only we know what is best for us.

The Jesus who makes everything okay for everyone is a phantom, a dream, not a real figure.

I am really heavy into songwriting.