Having a child at 55... that's optimism.

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too.

Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist.

My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.

Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly removed. This was before I knew it was a Woody Guthrie song.