In the first place, any group of folks willing to make asses of themselves in pursuit of a good time should be commended and encouraged: The spirit of human frolic needs all the help it can get.

You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all of that needs international cooperation to be solved.

California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.

Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.

Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.

How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion.

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.