I know climate change is a hoax – of course – but places that have never seen this type of winter weather got hit by it. More than a half a million southerners have been left in the dark --- and then the storm hit.

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

What mostly prevents black people from voting is that drug laws send them to prison, and then they can't vote.

Republicans are always saying we should privatize things like schools, prisons, social security - hey, how about we privatize privacy! Because if the government forbids gay men from tying the knot, what is their alternative? They can`t all marry Liza Minnelli.

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed to question authority, not question those who question authority.

There's no greater model, in my view, than Jesus Christ.

What does it take for Republicans to take off the flag pin and say, 'I am just too embarrassed to be on this team'?