There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.

If we did not take action to solve this crisis, it could indeed threaten the future of human civilization. That sounds shrill. It sounds hard to accept. I believe it's deadly accurate. But again, we can solve it.

Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country.

A zebra can not change it's spots.

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

The role of campaign contributions in our political system and the role of lobbyists have now reached levels that are quite unhealthy for the operations of our democracy. But the antidote, as in past eras of lobbyist excess, is for more involvement by citizens to build pressure on members of the House and Senate to serve the public interest.

I smoked pot in college and in the Army.