Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.

Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard speech, and distracts us from attending to genuine issues of linguistic style in writing.

No longer can we measure compassion by how much we spend on poverty but how many people we help to lift out of poverty.

Every third person in the world is a drama queen. And crying 'victim,' especially when you're not really a victim in any real way, feels good. It feels good to cry victim if you're not one.

English, however, is kinky. It has a predilection for dressing up like Welsh on lonely nights.

The only way that residual racist feelings could affect legislation, in my opinion, is through a lack of priorities, from not doing things.

I think what Obama does more than his amazing speaking ability is he's able to connect with voters. And it's that hope that he brings out in American citizens that we are all hungry for, that people get excited about Sen. Obama.