John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people.

Dealing with race is about educating white folks.

I think democracy fails under a variety of conditions and one of the conditions occurs when people don't have the ability to get the kind of information they need to make up their mind. Ideologically, I don't care much for FOX News. But the truth is that, as long as there are countervailing points of view available on the spectrum, it doesn't matter.

America is a conservative country with a small "c" - they want change, but they don't want too much change too fast.

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.

The path to a better future goes directly through our public schools. I have nothing against private schools, parochial schools and home schooling, and I think that parents with the means and inclination should choose whatever they believe is best for their children. But those choices cannot compete, and cannot come at the expense of what has been -- and what must always be -- the great equalizer in our society, a free and equal public education.