I don't like to comment on a specific local issue because there are plenty of people already working on the problem who know a lot more about it than I do.

I have become the poster child for calling all the Trump people racists, when, in fact, I don't think they're all racists, but they tolerated racism. And that's a problem.

We should tell people we are working to protect our country. We are working to make America stronger for the long run.

Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.

In the fourth quadrant (lower right), working-class people are motivated to take on green-collar jobs and start green businesses.

I used to go to all the environmental conferences when I wasn't an invited speaker. I was just somebody in the back taking a lot of notes. It was when I was least visible that I came up with the most cool stuff. Now, because I don't get to be Clark Kent, I feel like my learning curve is slowing way down. I'm always afraid the conversation will move on and I'll be up at the front of the room saying last year's speech.

Part of what you need to understand is that we're forced to look back. You had the importation of third world or developing world conditions into the United States because of a bipartisan elite consensus for neo-liberalism. In other words, you had both political parties, the smarty-pants in both political parties said, hey, let's do these crazy trade deals.