The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

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

If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?

Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.

Good wages are pro business, since they reduce turnover, increase morale, produce better-skilled employees, and improve productivity.

What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor movement, including the Wobblies. Tough, in your face people... Mother Jones, Woody Guthrie... Martin Luther King and Caesar Chavez. And now it’s down to us.