One great feature of modern society is the institutionalized respect we give to processes designed to destroy the past.

Here's what we [Americans] need: a 30 second you tube video of some guy at a party constantly checking out everyone else at the party, while he pretends to be speaking to the other person. We're the other person. The guy are the politicians. And the distraction is the corruption: We need a Congress that can afford to talk to us. For at least one drink or so.

Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional.

The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.

Lawyers rarely test their power, or the power they promote, against this simple pragmatic question: "Will it do good?" When challenged about the expanding reach of the law, the lawyer answers, "Why not?

I think the archaic idea is actually winner take all, because the principle of "one person, one vote" is a principle that was introduced as a fundamental principle in American law in 1962, long after states had moved to "one person, one vote."