New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.

I think a lot of the reason people are attracted to the Keystone pipeline is because at least we're doing something. There's a fear that society will collapse if it's not acting. To contrast those actions with other actions is important in making it feel plausible. Maybe we must have the size of the dream meet the size of the threat.

New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.

I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there's an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse.

I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around.

People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.

I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of power because of big government." Then some Democrats tend to respond by saying, "No, you're wrong, you're not out of power." It's a sense that doesn't resonate with people's lived experience.