Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did... In contrast, legalizing and taxing marijuana would bring in substantial sums that could be used to pay for schools, libraries or early childhood education.

The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food.

Laws matter, but typically changing the law by itself accomplishes little.

Individual storytelling is incredibly powerful. We as journalists know intuitively what scientists of the brain are discovering through brain scans, which is that emotional stories tend to open the portals, and that once there's a connection made, people are more open to rational arguments.

The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that.

In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.

America's education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequity from one generation to the next.