In Europe, populism is sort of a dirty word, but we have this wonderful history of populism in America, including the abolitionist populists and the white and black populists working together in the nineteenth century.

I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.

Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can't imagine living without it.

I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There's a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level.

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot.

History is a series of mistakes. Now the task is to plan for those mistakes so those of us who are populists can actually take over the reins of power when the right mistakes are made.

There's a tendency, especially among academics, to see politics as deeply dirty and deeply egotistical.