One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low.

The new racism is anything that might hurt a Democrat politically.

Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none themselves.

When people say things like "don't let this moment pass without acting on gun control," what they're really saying is our arguments are so unpersuasive that they can only succeed when people aren't thinking clearly.

Never trust anyone who calls himself a libertarian socialist. They're bound to be deeply confused, at best.

As the interned American citizens of Japanese descent learned, the Bill of Rights provided them with little protection when it was needed.

Things that can't go on forever, won't. Debts that can't be paid, won't be.