We are seeing every night on the television news now a nature hike through the Book of Revelation. These climate-related extreme weather events have convinced the vast majority of people that the scientists have been right for a long time. We have to address this.

The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children

In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster.

I would distinguish between Donald Trump and the United States of America. Although he is president, he does not speak for the country on the climate change, and that was vividly illustrated in the aftermath of his speech pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement. Almost immediately, not only did the rest of the world double down on its commitments, but also here in this country, governors, mayors, business leaders, they said, we're still in the Paris Agreement, and they're doubling down. A lot of cities have now made a decision to go 100% renewable energy.

My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever.