I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s. We have never had, as a state, the death penalty in Michigan. I was raised with that, and even Republicans in Michigan, nobody would even think of putting a measure on the ballot to have the death penalty.

I don't like to sit around whining about the corporate media, how they control everything, own everything. We already know that.

Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.

As the country continues to dissect the recent natural disaster, we might want to start considering what about the disaster wasn't actually 'natural' at all. ... Human activity, the burning of fossil fuels, is causing global warming. Global warming is causing the oceans to warm. Warm oceans are steroids for storms.

The idea that cinema can be dangerous is a great idea.

By the end of the millenium five men controlled the world's media. And the people rejoiced, because their TVs told them to.

You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defense.