Just to be clear, if, like Pat Robertson, you somehow missed all the evidence, all the research, the depth and breadth of all the knowledge garnered about HIV and AIDS over the past three decades, you cannot get HIV if you share towels.

Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view.

I have a friend - I send her one text and I get 20 texts back. Guys don't want a million texts. It's exhausting.

If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

Going gray is like ejaculating: you know it can happen prematurely, but when it does it comes as a total shock.