Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

The European reaction to Obama is a European delusion.

This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I think somebody watching us from Mars—they would think the country has gone insane.

I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system.

My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence.

The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.