What we are seeing here is environmental injustice

If you try to do your best there is no failure.

It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.

I can think of some things that would be fun, but I'm living my dreams.

A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that violence will be punished, but not by emulating the violent. This seems eminently more consistent with American ideals than continuing to share the killing stage with some of the world's worst human rights violators.

We have seen economic growth. But we have not seen earnings growth.

I gave away two dogs years ago because I felt guilty at not being able to give them the time and attention they deserved. I now regularly feed an army of squirrels and wild birds around our house.