One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie.

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.

We get what we give away with love.

She is the light, at the end of this endless tunnel.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.

A lot of people think Utah is a bad place to play, but hell nah.

Sometimes our significant others travel with us.

There is no western, capitalistic country in which the conditions of the masses have not improved in an unprecedented way.

We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

The bigger question to ask about 300 is why, for a supposedly rousing tale of heroism, it's so curiously unaffecting.