Our children are being raised by appliances.

The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.

It's the people who are doing the nonviolent organizing at the grassroots that make me think there's still hope.

Jon Stewart is a remarkable satirist and parodist in the vein of Mark Twain, because Jon Stewart understands what Mark Twain knew, which is that the truth goes down more easily in a democracy when it's marinated in humor.

Lyndon Johnson believed the poor deserved a better life than the economy was providing them. He thought private power and greed had to be checked by a vibrant democracy.

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.

We now know that a neo-conservative is an arsonist who sets the house on fire and six years later boasts that no one can put it out.