How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.

Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders.

People tell me, "I'm glad you said that." But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.

I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.