When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.

Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.

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

Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.

Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?

Bush and the corporate kleptocrats have stomped on too many people and left too many people out of the system, and those people are now in rebellion. It's not just poor people they are holding down but the middle class, as well. I have a favorite bumper sticker I saw on a pickup truck last year in Austin. It said, "Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"

It's an essential fight librarians are making, an age-old fight; yours is a battle for civilization. It's a fight for our country's founding values.