If there's anything that passes John Kerry's "global test", it's bumping off pirates.

Should we be more concerned about Islamic terrorism? Or about Russia?

The Chinese dare not call in their loans to the US - their economy would collapse.

Far from being evil, sweatshops are a blessing for impoverished peasants - they're a huge step up for them.

We call fundamentalist Islam "barbaric" only because we cannot find a harsher word.

Islamic terror is uncivilized. We are in a Fight Against Barbarism, and should call it such.

How a religion prefers to be spread has a profound influence on how well it gets along with other religions.

If either Church or State controls the other one, problems ensue.

Belief in a God of order is a necessary underpinning for modern scientific research.

If you believe in only one god, anybody else's is blasphemous.