...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.

Isn't it time to talk not only about weather, but also about climate?

Random violence is incredibly infectious

There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.

One of the things that really got to me was talking to parents who had been burned out of their villages, had family members killed, and then when men showed up at the wells to get water, they were shot

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

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.