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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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,...

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....

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a...

It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a...

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

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

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.

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.

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...