'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.

That Newt Gingrich or any mainstream Republican has the nerve to look down from what they perceive as their moral mountaintop at anyone is laughable.

I've been in Iraq, and it never occurred to me to go, 'Hey, this war is bogus,' to some guy who's 24 hours a day trying not to get shot at or blown up.

Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming.

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven.

There's nothing new about the government protecting corporations and calling it the freeing of the world or bringing democracy to bereft nations. Nowadays, the media have to be there for them, to keep you from asking too many questions, from getting together with other people who might want to do the Jeffersonian thing and call out the government.