The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.

Google might be doping the horses.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.

As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.