We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country, or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll not save democracy from its own inertia.

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.

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.

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

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.

I'm angry at what's happening to America and angry with myself that I can't do more. I would be miserable if I couldn't bear witness.