Maybe that is the greatest of wonders: that we can be shaped so much by those we've known closely, and equally by those we've never known at all - an….

If you give a man a hammer, he thinks he can solve all problems by pounding. Well, God gave men penises..

Depression and hopelessness are not the only reasons terminally ill patients wish to end their lives. Many individuals see nothing undignified about ….

I used to dream of true love; now I'm open to false, but convincing..

Victory [over homophobia] may require five or maybe 20 years. Yet I have no doubt that "don't ask, don't tell" and same-sex adoption bans will be as ….

Marriage is like a series of opposing reflections, inverse images getting ever smaller like nesting dolls, each one of your trying to squeeze yoursel….

A free society, to be truly worthy of that name, owes healthy, competent individuals the right to end their lives on their own terms..

Be optimistic. Always put on clean underwear if you're going on a date..

Catholic extremism should be resisted as fiercely at home as we oppose the Taliban abroad..

Life is nasty, brutish, and short. Death is easy..

Even a poor tour guide is entitled to some happiness..

Know your load. That's rule numero uno in this business, which is why I make them count the penguins out in front of me one at a time. I'm not going ….

I would prefer to believe that a market in fetal organs would empower women to use their reproductive capabilities to their own economic advantage..

Choose old people for enemies. They die. You win..

The most dangerous ideas are not those that challenge the status quo. The most dangerous ideas are those so embedded in the status quo, so wrapped in….

Maybe life involves the pairing of unsuitable people, those who wait and those who keep others waiting, and the key to happiness is finding the one p….

Money spent on vegetative patients is money not spent on preventive care, such as flu shots and mammograms. Each night in an ICU bed for such patient….

This is how most stories end in the hospital. Not with crash carts and sirens and electric shocks to the chest, but with an empty room, a crisp white….

While the visible victims may draw the headlines and attract indignant protests from so-called "pro-life" organizations, the invisible victims are pe….

Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten or convicted hijackers to board airplanes, common sense dictates that individuals….

I suspect that the vast majority of people, not knowing in advance whether they will either end up in a permanently vegetative state or be diagnosed ….