I think that people assumed I was white because of my last name. My father is Caucasian, my mother is Hispanic. But English was my second language, believe it or not.

I think people assumed because of my last name that I was a real right-winger. And if you cared to look at my writing, you would be hard pressed to deduce that I'm an ideological right-winger.

I believe in giving people a second chance.

'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

I think if you are a black person or an Hispanic person, you are not as fond of Rudolph Giuliani as you are if you happen to be a white person. Because he has trampled on people's civil rights.

I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.