Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out.

Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues

The original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their own life and were both ignorant of and uncaring about public concerns and the common good.

You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.

If ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.

The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.