The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left's on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before…

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But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee....

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee....

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it...

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it...

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people...

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people...

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most...

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most...

The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give...

The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give...

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt,...

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt,...

Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is...

Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is...

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to...

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to...

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so...

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so...

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more...

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people...

I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people...

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...