I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

Do I look as pretty as I feel?

Yech," said Simon. "Don't 'yech' me. You're the one with the magical spit.

Do unto yourself as your Neighbours do unto Themselves and look Pleasant.

Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism.

It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.

Without a belief in personal immortality, religion surely is like an arch resting on one pillar, like a bridge ending in an abyss.

When we know what we want to prove, we go out and find our facts. They are always there.

Because the public lands belong to all Americans, this 1872 Mining Act should be repealed.

People who are too uptight make me nervous.