Donald Trump has done more for getting people to understand the importance of public policy that respond to public needs in an affirmative way than anything we could have done on our own.

There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.

I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.

Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.

[Democrats] are trying on every front to increase the role of government.

Regarding homophobia in general, the good news is that there is a lot less of it than there used to be. The bad news is that it ever existed in the first place, and the worse news is that it remains far stronger than is healthy for a society dedicated in theory to equality under the law.

If you care deeply about a cause and you are then engaged on behalf of that cause in an activity that makes you feel very good and very brave and you're really in solidarity with all your friends, and you're enjoying it, you're probably not advancing the cause very much, because you're spending all your time with people you agree with cheering each other on and not engaging.