Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.

Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation.

I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.

We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.

Cannot Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' be subject to transposition: the evil of banality?

I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic.