To use a Southern euphemism, our space program has been snake-bit.

The ten hottest years in the atmospheric record, going back only 160 years, have been in the last eleven years.

In order to solve the climate crisis, we need to solve the democracy crisis.

We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.

I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point.

When politics is too slow, change has to come from culture.

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