I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.

Are you worried that, when you go to hell, you'll only be taking the local and not be on the express? Why would you look for a loophole to deny coverage to children with preexisting conditions?

And try as I might, I am having difficulty giving a f**k.

Following revelations that he fathered a love child, the good Reverend Jesse Jackson - or should we say the 'very' good Reverend - is enduring the scandal with the help of family and friends. A scandal which gives clearer meaning to the Rainbow Coalition's Operation 'Push'.

Here in the U.S., we've made democracy into a science. A cold, impersonal science.

If you are a minority or an interest group, the Democrats will hold the debate at your house. Whereas Republicans take a slightly different approach: they have a big tent - you're just not allowed in it.

I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance