The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

Organic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system.

When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides?

I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state.

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

Without the truth of the people, politics degenerates into mere spectacle and democracy declines, leaving demagoguery and cynicism to fill the void.

I question whether we can afford to teach mother macramé when Johnny still can't read.