I remain optimistic that ultimately free speech and a free press where individuals have access to the dialogue will have a self-correcting quality.

I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.

While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.

There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation.

The truth about the climate crisis is still inconvenient for the large carbon polluters and the politicians who are in their pockets.

My parents were true believers in the efficacy of American constitutional democracy, and I was thoroughly inculcated with reverence for what we the people are capable of doing. The complication in that simple narrative is that as I got older, the Vietnam War shook my confidence in how our democracy was working. I ended up serving in that war, but it started with a lie, and I was very proud of my father for being one of its earliest opponents.