Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the body politic, and each is important to the health of democracy.

Empty your knapsack of all adjectives, adverbs and clauses that slo your stride and weaken your pace. Travel light. Remember the most memorable sentences in the English language are also the shortest: "The King is dead" and "Jesus wept."

Watching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House - as Brutus loved Caesar.

Plutocracy too long tolerated leaves democracy on the auction block, subject to the highest bidder.

I can't speak for a war that I believe is immoral.

I take "We, the People" seriously because I don't know how we build a civilization without reciprocity.

Our great progressive struggles have been waged to make sure ordinary citizens, and not just the rich and privileged, share in the benefits of a free society.