“And then finally, there used to be a lot of Abraham Joshua Heschels in the world, and even Billy Grahams, and they were commenting in public on moral issues. Now we just don’t have as many. Jonathan Sacks is one. The Pope is obviously a giant. But there are really very few. And when I write about it, the reader interest is just off the charts.”
– DAVID BROOKS, New York Times columnist, on his greater reliance on philosophers, clergy and novelists as sources (reported by Moment magazine)