For a country founded on the idea that rights are inalienable and inherent from birth, we’ve developed a high tolerance for conditional rights and conditional citizenship.

One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues and ideas.

I mean, people who say that the Tea Party isn't a grassroots movement, I think, are incorrect. I think in some respects, it is a grassroots movement.

'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit.

Criminal justice, as it pertains to the Goldmans and Morgan Stanleys of the world, is not adversarial combat, with cops and crooks duking it out in interrogation rooms and courthouses. Instead, it's a cocktail party between friends and colleagues who from month to month and year to year are constantly switching sides and trading hats.

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

Once you give an NFL player permission to have thoughts, you invite all kinds of mischief.