The consensual seduction of the mainstream media by and with the government is one of the most dangerous toxins at work in America today.

A producer is a saboteur who tries to infiltrate the passivity of viewers and to create impressions that are lasting.

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

What we need is what the ancient Israelites called hochma - the science of the heart...the capacity to see, to feel, and then to act as if the future depended on you. Believe me, it does.

Beauty is an expression of that rapture of being alive.

Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth; justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance. Faith-based charity provides crumbs from the table; faith-based justice offers a place at the table.

Capitalism is out of control, thanks in no small part to Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision which said that a corporation is a person, even though it doesn't eat, drink, make love, sing, raise children or take care of aging parents. You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.