Any suggestion that the most open and diverse society on the planet is likely to in any way resemble Russia requires a suspension of common sense that is pretty hard to deal with.

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.

The evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon loading of the atmosphere.

The Republican brand has been so badly damaged that if Republicans try to run an anti-Obama, anti-Rev. Wright or, if Sen. Clinton wins, anti-Clinton campaign, they are simply going to fail. This model has already been tested with disastrous results.

Nothing gets done (in Congress) unless it's bipartisan. And the reason that matters is that it's a function of reality.

Russia is modernizing its nuclear systems. They're moving toward more effective tactical nuclear systems. They're moving toward delivery systems designed to evade anti-ballistic missile defenses. The Russians are investing, by the way, in robotic weapons, including a potential robotic tank. Their investment in new technology, I suspect, outweighs all of the European defense research and development spending combined.

I'm a little tired of people who have very big moral positions and very small power in reality.