But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about…

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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...

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...

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much...

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much...

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...

While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April,...

While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April,...

There's a lot to be said for not displacing people.

There's a lot to be said for not displacing people.

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to...

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to...

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...

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio,...

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio,...

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...

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

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...

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...

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...

In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy...

In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy...

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...

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...

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

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...