More non-fringe, non-radical homosexuals emerge into public view every day. As the stereotype of the homosexual as antisocial deviant crumbles, a (political) party or faction that tolerates gay-baiting rhetoric in the name of 'family values' makes 'family values' look more and more like common bigotry.

To get people to compromise, you have to give them stuff.

Donald Trump didn't cause chaos. Chaos caused Trump.

Parties and political systems used to be about excluding renegades who would never play well with others in government. Now it's actually systematically screening them in.

In a liberal scientific society, to claim that you are above error is the height of irresponsibility.

Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level-headed, more refined, and more sensitive than extroverts.

We started tearing down the seniority system on Capitol Hill. All of that begins in the '70s. It accelerates and continues in the '90s, and it's going on to this day.