In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

I think that if you're a thinking person you should always be trying to learn something new.

In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life.

The NFL, sadly, has a fatal environmental problem: It kills its workers.

The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.

Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove.