It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'

Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives.

Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.

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

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